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Reference (shelfmark):: 1780.c.8(21)
Title:: The Private Apartments: the Crimson Drawing Room [Windsor Castle]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography View of the portrait of the Duchess of Kent by Winterhalter, hanging on the left side of the recess of the fireplace.
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1870
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 1781.b.39, 6(17)
Title:: Sphynx. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:: Inscription: Inscribed in the negative, 'Frith 154.' Genre: Architectural Photography Head-on view of the Sphinx, from the east, with the Pyramid of Khafra (Chephren) in the right background and the smaller Pyramid of Menkaura in the left background: 'The view, although taken from the point at...
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1857
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 1783.cc.11(178)
Title:: Divertissement de Batcha (danseurs) dans le vestibule d'une maison particulière [Samarkand]. Photographer: Krafft, Hugues
Scope & Content:: Genre: Portrait Photography Facing p. 178. Group of Batcha dancers performing in the vestibule of a private house. These young male dancers took the place of females in a culture where women could dance in public. On reaching adulthood, they quit the profession. The location is unspecified, but...
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1898-1899
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 1783.cc.11(182)
Title:: Afrasiab, le jour de la grande course du Sâli-Naou. Photographer: Krafft, Hugues
Scope & Content:: Genre: Portrait Photography Facing p. 182. Group portrait of a row of seated dignitaries, with a line of Batcha dancers kneeling in front of them. Afrasiab, to the north of the city, was the location for the buzkashi matches at Samarkand.
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1898-1899
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 1784.a.14(9)
Title:: View in the court yard or entrance to the Pantheon Cemetery, Lima. Looking north. Photographer: Moulton, Henry
Scope & Content:: Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View looking towards two elaborately sculptured tombs in the cemetery.
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1863
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 1784.a.14(11)
Title:: Custom House, Callao. Photographer: Moulton, Henry
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography View looking towards the customs house at Callao, with a statue on a tall plinth in front. The area is bedecked with flags, possibly in celebration of Independence Day.
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1863
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 1784.a.14(14)
Title:: View in the court yard or entrance to the Pantheon Cemetery, Lima. Looking south. Photographer: Moulton, Henry
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography View looking across the cobbled courtyard towards tombs in the cemetery.
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1863
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 1784.a.14(20)
Title:: View from the eastern door of the Chapel of the Pantheon Cemetery, Lima. Photographer: Moulton, Henry
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography View from the chapel looking towards a staue of Christ in the cemetery, with mountains in the distance beyond.
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1863
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 1784.a.14(48)
Title:: Statue of Bolivar — Inquisition Square — Lima. Photographer: Moulton, Henry
Scope & Content:: Genre: Urban Topographical Photography Close view of the equestrian statue of Simon Bolivar at Lima.
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1863
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 1784.a.14(53)
Title:: Statue of Columbus — entrance to old Public Garden — Lima. Photographer: Moulton, Henry
Scope & Content:: Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View of Salvatore Revelli's statue of Columbus, handing a cross to the seated figure of an Indian woman representing the Americas.
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1863
Extent:: 1 item

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