Khan Minyeh, the reputed site if Ancient Capernaum. Photographer: Bedford, Francis
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Inscription: Inscribed in the negative, 'Ancient Capernaum. April 21/62. 83. F. Bedford.' Genre: Landscape Photography View looking towards river and cliffs.
Banias. The upper source of the Jordan, and Chapel of St. George. Photographer: Bedford, Francis
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Inscription: Inscribed in the negative, 'Banias.' Genre: Landscape Photography View looking along the course of the river, with the double-arched entrance to the Chapel of St George set into the cliffs above.
Buildings and rocks near the temple of Dayr-el-Bahree — Thebes. Photographer: Frith, Francis
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Inscription: Signed 'Frith' in the negative. Genre: Archaeological Photography View looking towards the sheer cliffs at Deir el-Bahri, with ruins in the foreground. Stereoscopic pair.
Gorge of Gondo, Switzerland. Photographer: Coghill, Joscelyn
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Genre: Landscape Photography View looking along the sheer-sided ravine, with the road running beside the river at it bottom. Technical note: 'Taken on collodion, September 5, 1855, weather changeable; exposure one minute; developed with pyrogallic acid. Lens by F. S. Archer; focal length nine i...
Hung-Chuan. (‘Red Boats’ — the life-boats of the Yangtze). Photographer: Mennie, Donald
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Genre: Landscape Photography Hand-coloured photogravure. View of two lifeboat junks with striped sails on the river, with cliffs to the right: ‘The life-boat service of the upper river was organised in the Ch’ing dynasty … Since the inauguration of the Republic, the continual internecine strife...
Fêng-Hsiang Hsia. (The Wind Box Gorge.). Photographer: Mennie, Donald
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Genre: Landscape Photography Hand-coloured photogravure. View along the gorge towards cliffs and distant peaks: ‘The Wind Box is the last of the great gorges. The western entrance is a fitting climax to the magnificent scenery that has its beginning at Ichang and ends here at the foot of the ci...
Genre: Landscape Photography View from the river looking towards cliffs, with a temple pagoda at the summit, with junks moored at the water’s edge in the foreground.