Philae. (From the north.) Photographer: Douglas, James
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Genre: Landscape Photography View looking across the channel of the Nile towards the island, with the Temple of Isis in the centre of the print in the distance.
Philae. (Dahabiehs — at the landing place, under the Hypaethral Temple.) Photographer: Douglas, James
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Genre: Landscape Photography View looking across the channel towards the south-east corner of the island, with boats moored at the landing place on the right, and the hypaethral temple known as the Kiosk of Trajan on the left. Part of the pylon of the Temple of Isis is visible in the background...
Genre: Archaeological Photography View looking down onto the west colonnade of the Temple of Isis, with boulder-strewn hillside of the island of Biga beyond. This is technically one of the more successful exposures made by Douglas, and the accompanying letterpress gives some description of the ...
Philae. (From the south.) Photographer: Douglas, James
Scope & Content:
Genre: Archaeological Photography View across the Nile, looking due north towards the entrance pylon of the Temple of Isis, with the Kiosk of Trajan on the right and the quayside wall at the south-west tip of the island on the left.
Genre: Archaeological Photography View of the standing columns of the temple at Qertassi, on the west bank of the Nile, about 15 miles south of Philae, with the river in the background: 'It is placed on the very brink of a steep hill, and from the beauty of its situation excites expectation, wh...
Genre: Archaeological Photography View of a collection of miscellaneous ruined structures at Tafa (ancient Taphis), a few miles south of Gertasi: 'This plain is strewn with remains of a late date and to which it is difficult to assign any use. They are stone enclosures, entered by a gateway and...
Genre: Archaeological Photography View looking down onto temple buildings on the hillside at Kalabsha (ancient Talmis), with the Nile and the eastern bank beyond: 'Kalabshe is a temple, or rather an assemblage of temples on the left bank of the Nile, about 20 miles above the first cataract. The...