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11. 1787.d.13, 1(46)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.13, 1(46)
Title:
Jebel Ajramiyeh. Photographer: McDonald, James
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View from the Plain of Er Raheh (Desert of Sinai) looking northwards towards the peaks of Gebel Ajramiyeh. For another copy of this photograph, see the duplicate set (with the two additional volumes of photographs) at shelfmark Maps 29.d.28.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1868
Extent:
1 item

12. 1787.d.13, 1(47)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.13, 1(47)
Title:
Plain of Er Rahah from base of Ras Sufsafeh. Photographer: McDonald, James
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking in a north-westerly direction across the Plain of Er Raheh (Desert of Sinai) from the foot of Ras Sufsafeh. For another copy of this photograph, see the duplicate set (with the two additional volumes of photographs) at shelfmark Maps 29.d.28.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1868
Extent:
1 item

13. 1787.d.13, 1(48)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.13, 1(48)
Title:
[Prints 48-50:Panoramic view of] Ras Sufsafeh, from north eastern extremity of the Plain of er Rahah. Photographer: McDonald, James
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Left-hand section of a three-part panoramic view looking south-eastwards across the Plain of Er Rahah towards the peaks of Ras Sufsafeh and surrounding mountains. The locations of various landmarks are noted in the printed key beneath the image. This print shows Geb...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1868
Extent:
1 item

14. 1787.d.13, 1(49)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.13, 1(49)
Title:
[Prints 48-50:Panoramic view of] Ras Sufsafeh, from north eastern extremity of the Plain of er Rahah. Photographer: McDonald, James
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Central section of a three-part panoramic view looking south-eastwards across the Plain of Er Rahah towards the peaks of Ras Sufsafeh and surrounding mountains. The locations of various landmarks are noted in the printed key beneath the image. This print shows St Ca...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1868
Extent:
1 item

15. 1787.d.13, 1(50)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.13, 1(50)
Title:
[Prints 48-50:Panoramic view of] Ras Sufsafeh, from north eastern extremity of the Plain of er Rahah. Photographer: McDonald, James
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Right-hand section of a three-part panoramic view looking south-eastwards across the Plain of Er Rahah towards the peaks of Ras Sufsafeh and surrounding mountains. The locations of various landmarks are noted in the printed key beneath the image. This print shows Ge...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1868
Extent:
1 item

16. 1899.l.15(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
1899.l.15(7)
Title:
The Pyramids of Sakkarah, from the north-east. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed and dated 'Frith 1858' in the negative. Genre: Architectural Photography General view, looking across the sands towards the step-pyramid of Djoser at Saqqara, with the small, ruinous Userkaf Pyramid in the foreground. With two figures reclining on the sand on the near foreg...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1858
Extent:
1 item

17. 1899.l.15(12)

Reference (shelfmark):
1899.l.15(12)
Title:
The Pyramids of El-Geezeh, from the south-west. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed and dated 'Frith 1858' in the negative. Genre: Architectural Photography General view looking across the desert towards the pyramids, with figures and a horse on the gravel in the foreground. On the left, nearest the camera, is the Pyramid of Menkaura and the row of the Que...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1858
Extent:
1 item

18. 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
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1858
Extent:
1 item

19. 1899.l.15(19)

Reference (shelfmark):
1899.l.15(19)
Title:
The Second Pyramid, from the south-east. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed and dated 'Frith 1858' in the negative. Genre: Architectural Photography View looking towards the Pyramid of Khafra (Chephren), with figures posed on the slope in the foreground: 'The view excellently illustrates our endeavour to describe the tract of the Pyramids. It is ta...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1858
Extent:
1 item

20. IOR/L/PS/12/4256

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4256
Title:
Coll 37/22 'Travellers. Arabia: Rub-al-Khali. Crossing of by Mr. Bertram Thomas and Mr. H St. J. Philby.'
Scope & Content:
This file consists of handwritten letters, press cuttings and a map relating to the crossings of the Rub al Khali desert by Bertram Thomas and Harry St John Bridger Philby in the 1930s. The main topic discussed is the politics of awarding an honour to Bertram Thomas for his crossing of the Rub ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Feb 1931-23 Jun 1943
Extent:
1 file (66 folios)