Subject: Cemeteries / Level: [40] File - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Reference (shelfmark):: 1261.d.30, 1(12)
Title:: Haute-Égypte. Nécropole de l'ancienne Lycopolis. Asyout. Photographer: Du Camp, Maxime
Scope & Content:: Genre: Landscape Photography View at Asyut (the ancient Lykopolis), looking towards the hillside, pierced near the summit by rows of rock-cut tombs. Flaubert and Du Camp arrived at Asyut on 26 February 1850 and visited the tombs on the same day, before leaving for Qena the next morning. With ad...
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 25-26 Feb 1850
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 1261.d.30, 2(60)
Title:: Thèbes. Gournah. Nécropole de Thèbes. Photographer: Du Camp, Maxime
Scope & Content:: Genre: Archaeological Photography View looking up the hillside west of Thebes, honeycombed with rock-cut tombs. With additional caption note: 'Tombeaux des castes sacerdotales et militaires. Nommé Memmonia par les Égyptiens, d'où les Grecs ont fait Memmon; appellation qu'ils ont donnée aux colo...
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: May 1850
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 1736.a.4, 1(20)
Title:: Sceilig Mhichil. Monastic cells and burial ground. Photographer: Mercer
Scope & Content:: Genre: Archaeological Photography View looking towards monastic cells, with graves in the foreground.
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1866-1869
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 1736.a.4, 2(93)
Title:: Cell Maelcéadair. Kilmanchedar, west end of church. Photographer: Mercer
Scope & Content:: Genre: Archaeological Photography View across the graveyard towards the small ruined church at Kilmalkedar.
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1866-1869
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 1781.a.20(11)
Title:: Tombs of Absalom, Zacharias, and St James, and ancient Jewish Burial Ground, in the Valley of Jehoshaphat; the Mount of Olives in the background. Photographer: Anthony, John
Scope & Content:: Genre: Archaeological Photography General view looking down onto the group of tombs, with the conical-topped Tomb of Absalom on the left, the columned entrance of the rock-cut Tomb of Bene Hezir (also known as the Tomb of St James) in the centre and the pyramidal Tomb of Zecharia on the right. ...
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1857
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 1781.b.39, 2(4)
Title:: The Citadel of Cairo from below Gebel el-Mukattam. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:: Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View from the south-east, looking towards the outer walls of the Citadel, with the Mosque of Muhammad Ali on the skyline. With a cemetery in the foreground at the foot of the hill from which the photograph is taken.
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1857
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 1781.b.39, 4(12)
Title:: Tombs in the Southern Cemetery, Cairo. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:: Inscription: Inscribed in the negative, 'Frith No. 76.' Genre: Architectural Photography View of two large domed tombs, standing among smaller graves in the cemetery.
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1857
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 1781.b.39, 6(18)
Title:: Modern tombs, Cairo. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:: Inscription: Inscribed in the negative, 'Frith E. No. 91.' Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View looking down onto two domed tombs and buildings beyond: 'Behind these two tombs is one of the mourning-houses which have already been described. This example has lost its upper storey, fortun...
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1857
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 1781.b.39, 7(21)
Title:: Tombs of the Memlook Sultans, Cairo. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:: Inscription: Inscribed in the negative, 'Frith 89.' Genre: Urban Topographical Photography General view of a group of domed tombs: 'This view is taken from a little to the north of the group of tombs around the Mosque of Káitbéy, and comprehends the chief buildings in the second group of sepul...
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1857
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 1781.b.39, 10(30)
Title:: Tombs in the Southern Cemetery, Cairo. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:: Inscription: Inscribed in the negative, 'Frith 79.' Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View looking towards a large group of domed tombs and small mosques, with the Mosque of Muhammad Ali Pasha in the Citadel beyond: 'This view is taken on the south-east of the Citadel of Cairo, and the sp...
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1857
Extent:: 1 item

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