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Subject Obelisks Level [40] File

31. Maps C.21.f.12(252)

Reference (shelfmark):
Maps C.21.f.12(252)
Title:
Bunker's Hill Monument [Boston]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography General view of the obelisk. Stereo half, arched top.
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

32. Photo 250(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 250(8)
Title:
Monument on the race course, Port Louis. Photographer: Fiebig, Frederick
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed 'F. Fiebig' in the negative. Genre: Architectural Photography View of a stone obelisk, with hills rising in the background.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1853
Extent:
1 item

33. Photo 250(19)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 250(19)
Title:
Street, Port Louis, Mauritius. Photographer: Fiebig, Frederick
Scope & Content:
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View looking along a street in Port Louis, with an obelisk in the left foreground.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1853
Extent:
1 item

34. WD1314

Reference (shelfmark):
WD1314
Title:
Obelisk at Axum (Abyssinia). September or October, 1805. Artist(s): Salt, Henry (1780-1827)
Scope & Content:
Obelisk at Axum (Abyssinia). September or October, 1805. Wash; 16.75 by 23.5 ins. Note: Drawing for 'The Obelisk at Axum', plate 20, ‘Views.’ Described Valentia, iii, 94, 179.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1805
Extent:
1 Item

35. WD1315

Reference (shelfmark):
WD1315
Title:
Obelisk at Axum (Abyssinia). September or October 1803. Artist(s): Salt, Henry (1780-1827)
Scope & Content:
Obelisk at Axum (Abyssinia). September or October 1803. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘Obelisk at Axum.’ Pen-and-ink; 18 by 13.75 ins. Note: Sketch for Valentia, iii, plate 7, ‘Obelisk at Axum'. Described Valentia, iii, 94, 179.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1803
Extent:
1 Item

36. Wf1/4625(28)

Reference (shelfmark):
Wf1/4625(28)
Title:
Entrance to the Great Temple, Luxor. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed 'Frith' in the negative. Genre: Archaeological Photography View from the north, looking towards the southern half of the outer pylon of the Temple of Amun-Kamutef at Luxor. The entrance is flanked by the two massive, half-buried images of Rameses II, with the surviving obel...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1857
Extent:
1 item

37. Wf1/4625(30)

Reference (shelfmark):
Wf1/4625(30)
Title:
Obelisk and Lotus Column, Karnac. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed 'Frith --- 1857' in the negative (cropped). Genre: Archaeological Photography View looking towards the granite obelisk, with the base of the lotus column in the left foreground, in the Temple of Amun-Ra at Karnak: 'Around is a perfect chaos of splendid ruin, amongst which I...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1857
Extent:
1 item

38. Wf1/4625(32)

Reference (shelfmark):
Wf1/4625(32)
Title:
The broken obelisk, Karnac. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed 'Frith E. No. 46 1857' in the negative. Genre: Archaeological Photography View of the fallen obelisk, with a European and two Arab figures posed in the foreground and the standing obelisk beyond. The Great Hypostyle Hall of the temple can be seen in the background: 'Here is...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1857
Extent:
1 item

39. Wf1/4625(36)

Reference (shelfmark):
Wf1/4625(36)
Title:
The Court of Shishak, Karnac. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed 'Frith E. No. 68 1857' in the negative. Genre: Archaeological Photography View from the first court of the Temple of Amun-Ra at Karnak, looking eastwards towards the second pylon, with the hypostyle hall and obelisk beyond. In the foreground, among the remains of fallen col...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1857
Extent:
1 item