Watercolour of the HMS Minden by an anonymous artist. The Minden was a 3rd Class ship with 74 guns, weighing 1721 tons, made from teak in the Bombay Naval Dockyard. Construction was completed in 1810. The Minden's first expedition began in February 1811, when she set sail to take part in the...
'The Caves of Elephanta, near Bombay' by William Simpson, 1862. . Artist(s): Simpson, William (1823-1899)
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'The Caves of Elephanta, near Bombay' by William Simpson, 1862. Watercolour and gouache. Illustrated in Kaye and Simpson, 'India Ancient and Modern' (1867), plate 36.
Egypt, Sinai and Palestine. By F. Frith. Supplementary volume. Photographer(s): Frith, Francis
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Imprint: William Mackenzie. Paternoster Row, London and Glasgow & Edinburgh [n.d. 1863]. Blue folio buckram volume (modern binding, dated 31 Mar 1978), measuring 430 x 318 mm, and containing 16 albumen print views of Cairo, Giza and Dahshur, with descriptive letterpress. The work, original...
Cairo, from the Citadel, and Mosque of the Sultan Hassan. Photographer: Frith, Francis
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Inscription: Signed 'Frith E. No. 84' in the negative; also inscribed 'No. 11.' Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View from the Citadel, looking westwards towards the Mosque of Sultan Hasan: 'The principal object is the great Mosque of the Sultan Hasan. Between this and the buildings in t...
Turkish summer costume [Titlepage]. Photographer: Frith, Francis
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Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length self-portrait of Francis Frith, dressed in oritental costume, seated on a divan and holding a long Turkish smoking pipe or chibouk, probably photographed in London; mounted on titlepage This is one of at least four different self-portraits in eastern dres...
Cairo, tombs in the Southern Cemetery, second view. Photographer: Frith, Francis
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Inscription: Signed 'Frith E. No. 80' in the negative. Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View of domed tombs and smaller graves in the cemetery: 'The sepulchral mosques and burial-ground in this view are included in another photograph, as is also the dome on the right, and the minaret beh...