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Reference (shelfmark):: 1787.d.7, 2(16)
Title:: Rock inscription, Amoy. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:: Genre: Landscape Photography View of a massive boulder with carved inscription, at the water's edge overlooking the harbour of Amoy (Xiamen).
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1871
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 1787.d.7, 3(25)
Title:: Street groups, Kiu-kiang. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:: Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) A carefully arranged study, portraying various occupations being carried out at the roadside, including an itinerant soup-seller, a letter-writer, a barber and a wood-turner.
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1872
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 1787.d.13, 1(57)
Title:: Hajjar Musa (Moses' Rock) in Wady Leja. Photographer: McDonald, James
Scope & Content:: Genre: Archaeological Photography View of the massive boulder, with figures posed beside it to indicate scale, situated about half way along the Wadi Leja. With inscriptions (or graffiti) in Greek and Arabic on the face of the rock. For another copy of this photograph, see the duplicate set (w...
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1868
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 1787.d.13, 2(43)
Title:: Rock inscription in Wady Aleyat at base of Jebel Serbal. Photographer: McDonald, James
Scope & Content:: Genre: Archaeological Photography Close view of inscribed rock face, with two Arab figures posed to indicate scale. The carvings appear to show crudely carved animals in shallow relief. For another copy of this photograph, see the duplicate set (with the two additional volumes of photographs) ...
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1868-1869
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 1787.d.13, 2(54)
Title:: Rock inscriptions in Wady Mukatteb. Photographer: McDonald, James
Scope & Content:: Genre: Archaeological Photography View showing the oriental scholar Edward Henry Palmer seated beside a group of rocks covered with inscriptions: 'This district is rich in objects of archaeological interest. The far-famed, yet till jsut now but partially understood, 'Sinaitic rock inscriptions'...
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1868-1869
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 1787.d.13, 3(3)
Title:: Egyptian tablet from the mines in Wady Igna. Photographer: McDonald, James
Scope & Content:: Genre: Archaeological Photography Close view of two hieroglyphic tablets inscribed in the rock face at the Magharah turquoise mines at Wady Igna. 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:: 1868-1869
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 1787.d.13, 3(4)
Title:: Egyptian tablet and Sinaitic inscription from the mines in Wady Igna. Photographer: McDonald, James
Scope & Content:: Genre: Archaeological Photography Close view of a section of rock carved with hieroglyphic and Sinaitic inscriptions. 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:: 1868-1869
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 1787.d.13, 3(5)
Title:: Egyptian tablet from the mines in Wady Igna. Photographer: McDonald, James
Scope & Content:: Genre: Archaeological Photography Close view of section of rock face inscribed with hieroglyphic and low relief carvings. 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:: 1868-1869
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 1787.d.13, 3(7)
Title:: Gateway and wall, Serabit el Khadim. Photographer: McDonald, James
Scope & Content:: Genre: Archaeological Photography Close view of the remains of a gateway and wall, inscribed with hieroglyphics in low relief. The legible portions of the inscription, dated in the 26th year of Thothmes III, are translated in part 1, p. 188. For another copy of this photograph, see the duplica...
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1868-1869
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 1787.d.13, 3(8)
Title:: Ruins, Serabit el Khadim. Photographer: McDonald, James
Scope & Content:: Genre: Archaeological Photography Portrait of an Arab man seated among stelae and columns inscribed with hieroglyphs. 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:: 1868-1869
Extent:: 1 item

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