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1. 74/Cup.652.m.2, 2(125)

Reference (shelfmark):
74/Cup.652.m.2, 2(125)
Title:
Dakkeh. Village et rives du Nil [Village and banks of the Nile, el-Dakka]. Photographer: Teynard, Félix
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking across the sands towards the Nile, with a small village among palm trees on the near bank.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1851-1852
Extent:
1 item

2. 74/Cup.652.m.2, 2(158)

Reference (shelfmark):
74/Cup.652.m.2, 2(158)
Title:
Environs de Ouadi-Halfah. Vue du désert près de la Deuxième Cataracte [View of the desert near the Second Cataract, environs of Wadi-Halfa]. Photographer: Teynard, Félix
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View of desert hills, looking towards a small encampment in the middle distance.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1851-1852
Extent:
1 item

3. 1781.b.39, 4(10)

Reference (shelfmark):
1781.b.39, 4(10)
Title:
The Great Pyramid, from the Plain [Giza]. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Inscribed in the negative, 'Frith 159.' Genre: Architectural Photography View looking across the sands towards the Pyramid of Khufu (Cheops), with trees and a figure in the foreground: 'Just within the limits of the desert, and in its valleys, it is not unusual to see, as here, gr...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1857
Extent:
1 item

4. 1781.b.39, 7(19)

Reference (shelfmark):
1781.b.39, 7(19)
Title:
The Wadi-l-Baghleh, Sinai. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Inscribed in the negative, 'Frith 169.' Genre: Landscape Photography View looking along the valley floor, with Frith's camp in the foreground: 'This view represents one of the valleys on the route from Sinai to El-'Akabeh. It is a level tract, strewn with detritus brought down by ...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1857
Extent:
1 item

5. 1781.b.39, 8(23)

Reference (shelfmark):
1781.b.39, 8(23)
Title:
The southern brick pyramid of Dahshoor, from the west. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Inscribed in the negative, 'Frith 155.' Genre: Architectural Photography View looking across the sands towards the Pyramid of Amenemhat III, with figures posed in the foreground: 'The Southern Brick Pyramid we have already described. Seen from the west it presents no fresh feature...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1857
Extent:
1 item

6. 1781.b.39, 8(24)

Reference (shelfmark):
1781.b.39, 8(24)
Title:
Mount Serbá, from the Wádee Feyrán. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Inscribed in the negative, 'Frith 177.' Genre: Landscape Photography View looking along the valley floor towards the peaks of Gebel Serbal: 'In this view we see the mountain from the northward, as it rises beyond the sides of the valley, and the lower slopes leading towards it bas...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1857
Extent:
1 item

7. 1781.b.39, 9(25)

Reference (shelfmark):
1781.b.39, 9(25)
Title:
The Second Pyramid, from the Plain [Giza]. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Inscribed in the negative, 'Frith 152.' Genre: Architectural Photography View looking across the sands towards the Pyramid of Khafra (Chephren), with trees and a figure in the foreground: 'This is, perhaps, the most beautiful view of the Pyramids in this series. The distance and s...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1857
Extent:
1 item

8. 1786.b.33, 2(28)

Reference (shelfmark):
1786.b.33, 2(28)
Title:
Desert scene in Nubia. Photographer: Douglas, James
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking towards the Nile, with figures posed in the foreground: 'Nothing can be conceived more sterile, more desolate, more solitary and sunburnt, than the desert, and nothing more death-like than its stillness.' The two European women in the right foreground a...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1861
Extent:
1 item

9. 1787.d.13, 1(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.13, 1(3)
Title:
Entering the desert by Ayun Musa (Well of Moses). Photographer: McDonald, James
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View of members of the survey (distant) posed at the edge of the desert at Uyun Musa, with a palm tree prominent in the centre of the composition. For another copy of this photograph, see the duplicate set (with the two additional volumes of photographs) at shelfma...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Nov 1868
Extent:
1 item

10. 1787.d.13, 1(45)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.13, 1(45)
Title:
Ras Sufsafeh from the head of the plain of er Rahah. Photographer: McDonald, James
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View across the scrub-covered desert looking south-eastwards towards the peaks of Ras Sufsafeh. For another copy of this photograph, see the duplicate set (with the two additional volumes of photographs) at shelfmark Maps 29.d.28.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1868
Extent:
1 item