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1. 010095.de.56(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
010095.de.56(4)
Title:
Tent scene on Mount Guajara, 8903 feet high. Photographer: Smyth, Charles Piazzi
Scope & Content:
Genre: Scientific Photography Stereoscopic view, facing p. 103 and showing tents, a telescope and other equipment, with a female figure (Mrs Jessie Smyth), posed among the impedimenta: 'At the back, and on either side of the tent, ran dwarf stone walls, to keep off the wind; the narrow interven...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1856
Extent:
1 item

2. 74/749.e.4, Vol. 2(67)

Reference (shelfmark):
74/749.e.4, Vol. 2(67)
Title:
Zeltplatz [Samothrace]. Von Südosten aus dem Bachbette her. Photographer: Burger, Wilhelm
Scope & Content:
Genre: Archaeological Photography View from the south-east, looking along the stream-bed running beside an ancient wall, towards the encampment of tents of the expedition.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1873
Extent:
1 item

3. 74/Cup.652.m.2, 2(133)

Reference (shelfmark):
74/Cup.652.m.2, 2(133)
Title:
Korósko. Sycomores et campement d'une caravane pour le Sennâr [Sycamores and camp of a caravan bound for Sennar at Korosko]. Photographer: Teynard, Félix
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking towards the tents of the caravan, pitched beneath sycamore trees on the bank of the Nile
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1851-1852
Extent:
1 item

4. 1781.b.39, 7(19)

Reference (shelfmark):
1781.b.39, 7(19)
Title:
The Wadi-l-Baghleh, Sinai. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Inscribed in the negative, 'Frith 169.' Genre: Landscape Photography View looking along the valley floor, with Frith's camp in the foreground: 'This view represents one of the valleys on the route from Sinai to El-'Akabeh. It is a level tract, strewn with detritus brought down by ...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1857
Extent:
1 item

5. 1781.b.39, 9(27)

Reference (shelfmark):
1781.b.39, 9(27)
Title:
Arab sportsmen and cook. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Inscribed in the negative, 'Frith 162.' Genre: Portrait Photography Portrait of two figures posed in front of a tent, the standing figure holding the bird he has shot, the other seated beside his stove: 'The group before us is one with which every traveller in the East will claim ...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1857
Extent:
1 item

6. 1781.b.39, 10(28)

Reference (shelfmark):
1781.b.39, 10(28)
Title:
Suez. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Inscribed in the negative, 'Frith 168.' Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View looking along the water's edge towards the town, with local boats moored in the shallows and a camp of tents in the foreground: 'In the extreme distance we see the lofty range of mountains which fo...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1857
Extent:
1 item

7. 1781.b.39, 14(41)

Reference (shelfmark):
1781.b.39, 14(41)
Title:
The summit of Gebel Moosa, Sinai. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Inscribed in the negative, 'Frith 183.' Genre: Landscape Photography View looking along the rocky hillside towards the summit of Gebel Musa (Mount Sinai), with a tent and figures in the foreground: 'The view is taken from the high irregular plateau from which rises the loftiest su...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1857
Extent:
1 item

8. 1781.b.39, 16(46)

Reference (shelfmark):
1781.b.39, 16(46)
Title:
The Bab el-Azab Citadel, Cairo. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Inscribed in the negative, 'Frith 151.' Genre: Architectural Photography View looking towards the arched western gateway of the Citadel, flanked by two massive towers, with horses and a tent in the foreground.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1857
Extent:
1 item

9. 1784.a.13, 1(16)

Reference (shelfmark):
1784.a.13, 1(16)
Title:
Inspection of troops at Cumberland Landing, Pamunkey, Va. May, 1862. Photographer: Wood and Gibson
Scope & Content:
View looking towards the troops on parade, with tents beyond. The foreground is dominated by a wagon and other objects: 'At Cumberland Landing, one of the most magnificent spectacles ever seen in the army was presented, when the combined forces, massed upon the banks of the river, converted the ...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
May 1862
Extent:
1 item

10. 1784.a.13, 1(27)

Reference (shelfmark):
1784.a.13, 1(27)
Title:
What do I want, John Henry? Warrenton, Va., November, 1862. Photographer: Gardner, Alexander
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography Group portrait of officers relaxing in front of their tents, with a black servant holding a bottle and a plate.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Nov 1862
Extent:
1 item