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

Reference (shelfmark):: Wf1/4621(17)
Title:: The Circular Temple, Baalbec. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:: Inscription: Signed 'Frith P. 141' in the negative. Genre: Archaeological Photography View of the ruins of the Temple of Venus at Baalbek: 'The little gem known as the 'Circular Temple' stands at the distance of about a quarter of a mile from the great structures. My view will show that it was...
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1857
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Wf1/4622(2)
Title:: The Great Pylon at Edfou, Upper Egypt. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:: Inscription: Signed 'Frith E. No. 39 1857' in the negative. Genre: Archaeological Photography Frontispiece. View looking along the south face of the pylon gateway of the Temple of Horus at Edfu, from the south-west, showing bas-relief carving. A small part of the peristyle court beyond can be ...
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1857
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Wf1/4622(3)
Title:: View in the quarries at Hager Silsilis. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:: Inscription: Signed 'Frith E. No. 38 1857' in the negative (date partially cropped). Genre: Archaeological Photography View looking along the rock face in the quarries at Gebel el-Silsila, with the entrance to a rock-cut temple and a large inscribed tablet carved in a massive boulder in the fo...
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1857
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Wf1/4622(4)
Title:: The Temple of Koum Ombos, from the north east. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:: Inscription: Signed 'Frith' in the negative. Genre: Archaeological Photography General view looking towards the ruins of the double temple of Sobek and Haroeris at Kom Ombo, with the Nile visible in the right background.
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1857
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Wf1/4622(5)
Title:: Koum Ombo — near view. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:: Genre: Archaeological Photography Close view from the west of the upper, unburied portion of the columns fronting the outer hypostyle hall of the Temple of Sobek and Haroeris at Kom Ombo, with Arab figures posed in the foreground.
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1857
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Wf1/4622(7)
Title:: The approach to Philae. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:: Inscription: Signed 'Frith' in the negative. Genre: Archaeological Photography View from the island of Biga, looking south-eastwards across the river towards the Temple of Isis, with the boulders of the near bank dominating the foreground: 'This is one of the few views which a photograph can r...
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1857
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Wf1/4622(8)
Title:: Pharoah's Bed, Island of Philae. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:: Inscription: Signed 'Frith E. No. 27' in the negative. Genre: Archaeological Photography View from the riverbank, looking in a south-easterly direction towards the Kiosk of Trajan, the hypaethral temple more commonly known in the 19th century as Pharoah's Bed, with a boat moored at the riversi...
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1857
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Wf1/4622(10)
Title:: South end of the Island of Philae. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:: Inscription: Signed 'Frith' in the negative. Genre: Archaeological Photography View from the island of Biga, looking northwards across the channel towards Philae, with the colonnades and pylon of the Temple of Isis on the left, and 'Pharoah's Bed' (the Kiosk of Trajan) beyond and to the right.
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1857
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Wf1/4622(11)
Title:: The Colonnade, Island of Philae. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:: Inscription: Signed 'Frith' in the negative. Genre: Archaeological Photography View looking southwards along the west colonnade of the Temple of Isis, with the Nile in the background and the boulders of the island of Biga beyond.
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1857
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Wf1/4622(12)
Title:: View on the Island of Philae. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:: Genre: Archaeological Photography View looking northwards along the approach to the Temple of Isis, with the first pylon partly obscured by the building in the foreground, and a section of the west colonnade on the left: 'This picture is a specimen of the character of the masses of ruin, and of...
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1857
Extent:: 1 item

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