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7851. Photo 1296(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1296(4)
Title:
Cairo, looking S.W. across city to Pyramids that furnished stone for many of its buildings. Photographer: Underwood and Underwood
Scope & Content:
Stereoscopic view. 'That high-walled building at the extreme left is the mosque of Rifa'iyeh. Between the dome with the peak awry and the distant sand-hills you notice a horizontal whitish streak—that is the court of the oldest mosque in Cairo, built in 877-879 A.D. by Ibn Tulun, the first inde...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1897
Extent:
1 item

7852. Photo 1296(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1296(5)
Title:
A 'Ship of the desert' passing tombs of bygone Moslem rulers outside east wall of Cairo, Egypt. Photographer: Underwood and Underwood
Scope & Content:
Stereoscopic view, showing a palanquin carried by two camels passing the Mameluk Tombs. Copyrighted by Underwood and Underwood, 1896.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1896
Extent:
1 item

7853. Photo 1297(75)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1297(75)
Title:
Public buildings and residence section from Statue Square [looking towards the Post Office and Custom House], Victoria, Hong Kong, China. Photographer: Keystone View Company
Scope & Content:
Stereoscopic view.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1920-1930
Extent:
1 item

7854. PP.3803.bha, 2/4(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
PP.3803.bha, 2/4(1)
Title:
The English Consulate, Yokohama. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the Consulate buildings, with horse-drawn carts in the foreground: 'If the English government had it in contemplation to give the Japanese a specimen of the utter want of taste with which foreigners can put up, in the matter of architecture, they...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1871
Extent:
1 item

7855. Talbot Photo 1(192)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(192)
Title:
[Pompeii with Mount Vesuvius behind.] Photographer: Jones, Calvert Richard
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Inscribed in pencil on verso: '141'. Genre: Landscape Photography View taken from a slightly elevated position, looking across the ruins of Pompeii; there are some columns in the foreground and Mount Vesuvius dominates the skyline. Trimmed negative.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Spring 1846
Extent:
1 item

7856. Talbot Photo 1(196)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(196)
Title:
From the southern part of the Forum, Pompeii. Photographer: Jones, Calvert Richard
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Inscribed in ink on verso: '54.From the southern part of the Forum. Pompeii'. Genre: Landscape Photography View taken at ground level showing the Roman ruins in the mid-distance with possibly Mount Vesuvius behind. Bottom left corner missing. Image size 162 x 214 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Spring 1846
Extent:
1 item

7857. Talbot Photo 1(322)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(322)
Title:
Saracenic House. Taormina. Photographer: Bridges, George Wilson
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Inscribed on verso: '42. Saracenic House. Taormina' [with Bridges' signature]. Genre: Landscape Photography A cluster of Moorish buildings behind a stone wall, the most prominent has a flat roof which is partially crenelated and a pointed arch design; behind the village is a steep...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1846
Extent:
1 item

7858. Talbot Photo 1(323)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(323)
Title:
Amphitheatre, Taormina. Photographer: Bridges, George Wilson
Scope & Content:
Inscription: [Title and signature inscribed on verso.] Genre: Archaeological Photography Taken from the pit of the amphitheatre, it shows the remnant boulders amongst undergrowth in the foreground with a stone wall in the distance. Trimmed negative.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1846
Extent:
1 item

7859. Talbot Photo 1(324)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(324)
Title:
Amphitheatre, Taormina. Photographer: Bridges, George Wilson
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Inscribed on verso: '49. Amphitheatre, Taormina' [with Bridges' signature]. Genre: Archaeological Photography View looking down to part of the ruins of the amphitheatre with the Sicilian landscape stretching out into the distance. Image size 171 x 217 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Before 20 May 1848
Extent:
1 item

7860. Talbot Photo 1(327)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(327)
Title:
Amphitheatre, Taormina. Photographer: Bridges, George Wilson
Scope & Content:
Inscription: 47. [Title and Bridges' signature inscribed on verso.] Genre: Archaeological Photography Taken from the pit area of the amphitheatre, it shows a small section of the arched entrance with the terrace ruins. Image size 169 x 210 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1846
Extent:
1 item

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