Search

Subject Engineering Name Frith, Francis, 1822-1898 Level [40] File

1. 10095.g.34(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
10095.g.34(6)
Title:
The quarries of Toura and pyramids. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View from Tura, looking north-westwards towards the Nile, with quarries in the foreground: 'In this one little picture we have brought together the most ancient monuments of civilized man now existing on the face of the globe and the most recent invention; for, in t...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1859-1860
Extent:
1 item

2. 10095.g.34(50)

Reference (shelfmark):
10095.g.34(50)
Title:
Sandstone quarries at Hager-Silsilis. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed 'Frith' in the negative. Genre: Landscape Photography 'General view of the quarries at Hager Silsilis [Gebel el-Silsila], looking southwards...In this view, the winding river and distant banks are charmingly represented.' Stereoscopic pair.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1859-1860
Extent:
1 item

3. 10095.g.34(51)

Reference (shelfmark):
10095.g.34(51)
Title:
Sandstone quarries at Hager-Silsilis. General view. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed 'Frith' in the negative. Genre: Archaeological Photography View looking down onto the excavated area of the quuarries at Gebel el-Silsila. Stereoscopic pair.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1859-1860
Extent:
1 item

4. 10095.g.34(66)

Reference (shelfmark):
10095.g.34(66)
Title:
Tablets in the quarries at Kardassy. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed 'Frith' in the negative. Genre: Archaeological Photography View looking towards a doorway, surrounded by carved figures in niches on the wall: 'a very interesting part of the sandstone quarries of Kardassy where there is a little oratory for the workmen cut in the rock duri...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1859-1860
Extent:
1 item

5. Wf1/4622(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Wf1/4622(3)
Title:
View in the quarries at Hager Silsilis. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed 'Frith E. No. 38 1857' in the negative (date partially cropped). Genre: Archaeological Photography View looking along the rock face in the quarries at Gebel el-Silsila, with the entrance to a rock-cut temple and a large inscribed tablet carved in a massive boulder in the fo...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1857
Extent:
1 item

6. Wf1/4624(15)

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