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Reference (shelfmark):: Wf1/4622(4)
Title:: The Temple of Koum Ombos, from the north east. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:: Inscription: Signed 'Frith' in the negative. Genre: Archaeological Photography General view looking towards the ruins of the double temple of Sobek and Haroeris at Kom Ombo, with the Nile visible in the right background.
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1857
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Wf1/4622(6)
Title:: Assouan. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:: Genre: Landscape Photography View looking along the Nile riverbank at Aswan, with local craft beached in the foreground: 'The view is taken from the top of the hills opposite to Elephantine, but looking north. The town lies almost hid in a luxuriant grove of date palms; a long line of native tr...
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1857
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Wf1/4622(7)
Title:: The approach to Philae. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:: Inscription: Signed 'Frith' in the negative. Genre: Archaeological Photography View from the island of Biga, looking south-eastwards across the river towards the Temple of Isis, with the boulders of the near bank dominating the foreground: 'This is one of the few views which a photograph can r...
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1857
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Wf1/4622(9)
Title:: View from Philae, looking north. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:: Genre: Landscape Photography View looking along the boulder-strewn course of the Nile, towards the First Cataract in the distance, with ruins in the foreground.
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1857
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Wf1/4622(11)
Title:: The Colonnade, Island of Philae. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:: Inscription: Signed 'Frith' in the negative. Genre: Archaeological Photography View looking southwards along the west colonnade of the Temple of Isis, with the Nile in the background and the boulders of the island of Biga beyond.
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1857
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Wf1/4622(17)
Title:: View from Biggeh — looking south. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:: Genre: Landscape Photography View from the boulder-strewn waterside at Biga, looking south along the Nile. Frith's photographic dark tent can be seen among the rocks in the foreground.
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1857
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Wf1/4622(18)
Title:: Philae — from the south. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:: Inscription: Signed 'Frith' in the negative. Genre: Landscape Photography View looking along the river towards the island of Philae and the Temple of Isis in the distance.
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1857
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Wf1/4624(1)
Title:: Traveller's boat at Ibrim [titlepage]. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:: Inscription: Signed 'Frith' in the negative. Genre: Landscape Photography View from the bank of the Nile at Qasr Ibrim, looking across the river towards the hill fort on the far side, with a feluccah moored in the foreground.
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1857
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Wf1/4624(15)
Title:: The Nile, from the quarries of Toura. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:: Inscription: Signed 'Frith' in the negative. Genre: Landscape Photography View looking towards the Nile, with excavated mounds of rock of the in the foreground: 'We are twelve miles from Cairo. Our 'ark' is moored at the village of Toura, a name which is probably derived from that of the ancie...
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1857
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: X.1250(8)
Title:: Observatoire de Nice. Vue de Nice, prise de las Terrasse. Photographer: Disdéri, André Adolphe Eugène
Scope & Content:: Genre: Landscape Photography View from the observatory terrace, looking down onto the town of Nice, the sounding coastline and the Paillon River.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1887
Extent:: 1 item

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