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Reference (shelfmark):: 1899.ccc.18, 2(38)
Title:: France. Tombeau de Pilate. Près Vienne. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography View of the obelisk at Vienne, known as Pilate's Tomb, with a group of figures in (?)military dress standing near the base. Aquatint by Himeley. Accompanying descriptive text by L. Batissier.
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1840
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 1899.l.15(2)
Title:: The Pyramids of Dahshoor, from the south. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:: Inscription: Signed in the negative, 'Frith 1858.' Genre: Architectural Photography View looking across the desert towards the pyramids, with three figures seated on the sand in the foreground. In the left background is the north pyramid of Sneferu, with the south ('bent') pyramid of Sneferu d...
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1858
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 1899.l.15(5)
Title:: The Pyramids of Dahshoor, from the east. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:: Genre: Archaeological Photography View looking across the desert towards the south ('bent') pyramid of Sneferu, on the right, with the brick pyramid of Amenamhat III on the left, with three figures seated on the ground in the foreground.
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1857-1858
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 1899.l.15(7)
Title:: The Pyramids of Sakkarah, from the north-east. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:: Inscription: Signed and dated 'Frith 1858' in the negative. Genre: Architectural Photography General view, looking across the sands towards the step-pyramid of Djoser at Saqqara, with the small, ruinous Userkaf Pyramid in the foreground. With two figures reclining on the sand on the near foreg...
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1858
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 1899.l.15(12)
Title:: The Pyramids of El-Geezeh, from the south-west. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:: Inscription: Signed and dated 'Frith 1858' in the negative. Genre: Architectural Photography General view looking across the desert towards the pyramids, with figures and a horse on the gravel in the foreground. On the left, nearest the camera, is the Pyramid of Menkaura and the row of the Que...
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1858
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 1899.l.15(17)
Title:: The Great Pyramid and the Great Sphinx. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:: Inscription: Signed and dated 'Frith 1858' in the negative. Genre: Architectural Photography Side view of the Sphinx at Giza, with the Pyramid of Khufu (Cheops) beyond: 'The two most famous Egyptian monuments are the Great Pyramid and the Great Sphinx. The one is distinguished as the most giga...
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1858
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 1899.l.15(19)
Title:: The Second Pyramid, from the south-east. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:: Inscription: Signed and dated 'Frith 1858' in the negative. Genre: Architectural Photography View looking towards the Pyramid of Khafra (Chephren), with figures posed on the slope in the foreground: 'The view excellently illustrates our endeavour to describe the tract of the Pyramids. It is ta...
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1858
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 4906.h.13(32)
Title:: The graves of Mr and Mrs Keble [Hursley churchyard]. Photographer: Savage, William
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography Close view of the two graves, photographed soon after the death of his wife Charlotte in May 1866.
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1866
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 7701.h.1(1)
Title:: Cercueil du roi Soqnounri Tiouâqen (XVIIe dynastie), grand-père (?) d'Ahmos Ier, et l'un des princes thébains qui menèrent vigoureusement la guerre contre les derniers rois Pasteurs. Photographer: Brugsch, Émile Charles Adalbert
Scope & Content:: Genre: Archaeological Photography Head-on view of mummy-case from Deir el-Bahri.
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1881
Extent:: 1 item

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