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Subject Obelisks Level [40] File

11. 1261.d.30, 2(44)

Reference (shelfmark):
1261.d.30, 2(44)
Title:
Thèbes. Palais de Karnak. Les Obélisques. Photographer: Du Camp, Maxime
Scope & Content:
Genre: Archaeological Photography View from the north looking towards the obelisks of Hatshepsut (on the left) and Tuthmosis I, standing between the great Hypostyle Hall and the sanctuary of the Temple of Amun. Each of these obelisks is the surviving one of a pair. With additional caption note:...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
3-6 May 1850
Extent:
1 item

12. 1784.a.13, 2(100)

Reference (shelfmark):
1784.a.13, 2(100)
Title:
Dedication of monument of Bull Run Battlefield. June, 1865. Photographer: Smith, W. Morris
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography Group portrait of dignitaries gathered in front of the memorial obelisk, commemorating the First Battle of Bull Run (First Battle of Manassas), the first major enagagement of the Civil War: 'Here is shown one of the monuments erected in memory of the Union dead at the bat...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Jun 1865
Extent:
1 item

13. 1785.c.1(50)

Reference (shelfmark):
1785.c.1(50)
Title:
6. Malaga. Monumento de Torrijos y Companeros, Piaza Riego. Photographer: Masson, Luis Léon
Scope & Content:
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View looking towards the Citadel, with a tall obelisk standing in the square in the foreground.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1860
Extent:
1 item

14. 1786.b.33, 1(32)

Reference (shelfmark):
1786.b.33, 1(32)
Title:
Luxor. (Obelisk.) Photographer: Douglas, James
Scope & Content:
Genre: Archaeological Photography View of the west face of the obelisk, which stands in front of the seated colossi of Ramses II (the eastern figure of the pair is visible to the right), before the pylon of the Temple of Amun-Kamutef: 'Nothing, however, exists in Egypt more perfect than this Ob...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860-1861
Extent:
1 item

15. 1786.b.33, 1(39)

Reference (shelfmark):
1786.b.33, 1(39)
Title:
Karnac. (From the east.). Photographer: Douglas, James
Scope & Content:
Genre: Archaeological Photography View from the rear of the Amun Temple at Karnak, looking westwards along its axis, towards the Great Hypostyle Hall, with the two standing obelisks in the foreground and the upper half of a fallen one on the left. The inner face of the first pylon can be seen i...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860-1861
Extent:
1 item

16. 1787.d.7, 3(9)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.7, 3(9)
Title:
Shanghai Bund. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View of European buildings, with an obelisk in the foreground: 'No. 9 shows the style of buildings at the southern extremity of the Bund, and the state of the ground fronting it in 1869.'
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1869
Extent:
1 item

17. 1899.ccc.18, 2(38)

Reference (shelfmark):
1899.ccc.18, 2(38)
Title:
France. Tombeau de Pilate. Près Vienne. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View of the obelisk at Vienne, known as Pilate's Tomb, with a group of figures in (?)military dress standing near the base. Aquatint by Himeley. Accompanying descriptive text by L. Batissier.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1840
Extent:
1 item

18. 1899.l.15(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
1899.l.15(8)
Title:
The Temple of El-Karnak, from the south-east. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking towards the ruins of the hypostyle hall of the Temple of Amun-Ra, with a fallen obelisk and Arab figures posed beside a donkey in the foreground. A camera on a tripod can be seen on the extreme left of the photograph: 'The present view embraces some...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1857
Extent:
1 item

19. 10095.g.34(27)

Reference (shelfmark):
10095.g.34(27)
Title:
The temple of Luxor — Thebes. The obelisk. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed 'Frith' in the negative. Genre: Archaeological Photography View looking south-eastwards along the face of the first pylon of the Temple of Amun-Kamutef at Luxor, towards the heads of the two colossal figures of Rameses II that flank the gateway, with the remaining obelisk o...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1859-1860
Extent:
1 item

20. 10095.g.34(30)

Reference (shelfmark):
10095.g.34(30)
Title:
Columns and part of the obelisk of Thothmosis II — Karnak — Thebes. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed 'Frith' in the negative. Genre: Archaeological Photography View looking towards the columns of the hypostyle hall of the Temple of Amun-Ra at Karnak, with the lower section of the smaller obelisk in the foreground. Stereoscopic pair.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1859-1860
Extent:
1 item