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

Reference (shelfmark):: 559.cc.19(32)
Title:: The grand hall, Karnak. Photographer: Abney, William de Wiveleslie
Scope & Content:: Genre: Archaeological Photography View looking eastwards between two rows of massive columns in the hypostyle hall of the Temple of Amun-Ra, towards the standing obelisk in the court at the far end.
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1874-1875
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 559.cc.19(33)
Title:: Smaller court, with the obelisk of Thothmes [Karnak]. Photographer: Abney, William de Wiveleslie
Scope & Content:: Genre: Archaeological Photography View of the standing obelisk, with the upper portion of a fallen obelisk lying among broken masonry in the foreground: 'At the end of the Great Hall is the third propylon, behind which stand two obelisks, dedicated to Thothmes I. and Rameses II. The two are sho...
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1874-1875
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 559.cc.19(34)
Title:: Tha sanctuary [Karnak]. Photographer: Abney, William de Wiveleslie
Scope & Content:: Genre: Archaeological Photography View looking across the sanctuary area of the Temple of Amun-Ra, largely under water in this view, owing to flooding from the Nile. In the background, to the south-east, is the festival hall of Thutmose III.
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1874-1875
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 559.cc.19(35)
Title:: The sanctuary and grand hall from the south-east [Karnak]. Photographer: Abney, William de Wiveleslie
Scope & Content:: Genre: Archaeological Photography View looking along the length of the Temple of Amun-Ra from the sanctuary area (in the foreground), across the obelisk court (showing the two standing obelisks and the upper portion of the fallen one) and towards the hypostyle court beyond.
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1874-1875
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 559.cc.19(36)
Title:: A pylon, with colossi [Karnak]. Photographer: Abney, William de Wiveleslie
Scope & Content:: Genre: Archaeological Photography View of a largely buried pylon, with two seated colossal figures in front, on the north-south axis of the Temple of Amun-Ra. Abney describes this as the second pylon, presumably meaning the second nearest to the temple. This is now styled the eighth pylon.
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1874-1875
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 559.cc.19(37)
Title:: Edifice of Thothmes III [Karnak]. Photographer: Abney, William de Wiveleslie
Scope & Content:: Genre: Archaeological Photography View of four standing papyriform columns in the festival hall of Thuthmose III, at the east end of the Temple of Amun-Ra.
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1874-1875
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 559.cc.19(38)
Title:: Small temple to the east [Karnak]. Photographer: Abney, William de Wiveleslie
Scope & Content:: Genre: Archaeological Photography View of osiride and other columns, inscribed with bas-relief decoration: 'To the east of the edifice dedicated to Thuthmose III., a portion of a small temple has been excavated from out of a mound of rubbish...The photograph shows an interior view of a once-cov...
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1874-1875
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 559.cc.19(39)
Title:: Karnak from the south-east. Photographer: Abney, William de Wiveleslie
Scope & Content:: Genre: Archaeological Photography General view of the Temple of Amun-Ra, looking across the sacred lake towards the ruins. On the extreme left is the (?)eighth pylon (on the north-south temple axis). To the right stands the first pylon (on the east-west axis), with the hypostyle hall in the cen...
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1874-1875
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 559.cc.19(40)
Title:: View of the great temple from the north-west [Karnak]. Photographer: Abney, William de Wiveleslie
Scope & Content:: Genre: Archaeological Photography View looking towards the sanctuary area of the Temple of Amun-Ra, with the obelisk court on the left.
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1874-1875
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 1261.d.30, 1(10)
Title:: Égypte Moyenne. Pyramide de Chéphren. Photographer: Du Camp, Maxime
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography View from the north-east, looking towards the Pyramid of Chephren (Khafra), with the mortuary temple in the left foreground. Flaubert records visiting the Pyramids and the Sphinx with Du Camp (and in a later letter noting the 'excellent photograph that Max has t...
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: Dec 1849
Extent:: 1 item

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