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1. 1899.l.15

Reference (shelfmark):
1899.l.15
Title:
Egypt, Sinai, and Jerusalem: a series of twenty photographic views by Francis Frith ... With descriptions by Mrs. Poole and Reginald Stuart Poole. Photographer(s): Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:
Imprint: London: James S. Virtue, City Road and Ivy Lane [1860]. Elephant folio volume measuring 760 x 550 mm, quarter bound in red leather and buckram (modern binding); unpaginated, 1 p. preface and 20 large albumen prints from wet collodion negatives mounted one to a page on verso, with one ...
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Date Range:
1857-1858
Extent:
19 items

2. 1899.l.15(13)

Reference (shelfmark):
1899.l.15(13)
Title:
Cairo, from the Citadel (second view). Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View looking over the rooftops of the city towards the Nile in the distance, with a large, flat-roofed group of houses in the foreground, with ventilation shafts to direct air into the interiors: 'This photograph is taken from the summit of the Citadel, a ...
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Printed Collections
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Date Range:
1857
Extent:
1 item

3. 1899.l.15(15)

Reference (shelfmark):
1899.l.15(15)
Title:
Street view in Cairo. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed and dated 'Frith 1858' in the negative. Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View along a Cairo street: 'Without any special object of historical interest, the accompanying view is extremely instructive, as illustrative of the picturesque ruins of Cairo. With the exceptio...
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Printed Collections
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Date Range:
1858
Extent:
1 item

4. 1899.l.15(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
1899.l.15(3)
Title:
Jerusalem, from the Mount of Olives. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking across the valley towards the walled city of Jerusalem, with the Dome of the Rock prominent on the left: 'The view is taken from the northern extremity of the Mount of Olives. Immediately in front lies the Valley of Jehoshaphat, and to the left the Gard...
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Printed Collections
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Date Range:
1857-1858
Extent:
1 item

5. 1899.l.15(14)

Reference (shelfmark):
1899.l.15(14)
Title:
Mount Serbal, from the Wadee Feyran. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed and dated 'Frith 1858' in the negative. Genre: Landscape Photography View looking along the dry bed of the wadi, towards the ridged peak of Mount Serbal, supposed by some traditions to be Mount Sinai: 'In this view we see the mountain from the northward, as it rises beyond ...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
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Date Range:
1858
Extent:
1 item

6. 1899.l.15(16)

Reference (shelfmark):
1899.l.15(16)
Title:
The Statues of the Plain, Thebes. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View of the two massive seated statues of Amenhotep III, known as the Colossi of Memnon, with figures (including a European) grouped at the base, and one standing in the lap of the northern statue: 'The view admirably represents presents these vadt statues, with...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
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Date Range:
1857-1858
Extent:
1 item

7. 1899.l.15(10)

Reference (shelfmark):
1899.l.15(10)
Title:
The Hypaethral Temple, Philae. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View from the water's edge, looking up towards the hypaethral (open-roofed) structure known as the Kiosk of Hadrian, on the east side of the island of Philae, with a boat drawn up on the beach prominent in the foreground: 'The view is taken from beneath the Hypa...
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Printed Collections
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Date Range:
1857
Extent:
1 item

8. 1899.l.15(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
1899.l.15(4)
Title:
The Rameseum of El-Kurneh, Thebes. First view. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:
Genre: Archaeological Photography View showing a European group posed beside the Osirid pillars in the second court of the Ramesseum, or mortuary temple of Rameses II. Second view at print 18.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
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Date Range:
1857-1858
Extent:
1 item

9. 1899.l.15(5)

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
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Date Range:
1857-1858
Extent:
1 item

10. 1899.l.15(18)

Reference (shelfmark):
1899.l.15(18)
Title:
The Rameseum of El-Kurneh, Thebes (second view). Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking towards the Osirid pillars of the second court of the Ramesseum, the mortuary temple of Rameses II at Thebes: 'This view of the Rameseum of El-Kurneh is taken from a direction opposite to that of the previous one [print 4]: the spectator stands with...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
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Date Range:
1857-1858
Extent:
1 item