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

Reference (shelfmark):: Wf1/4620(11)
Title:: Gezzeh, the Sphinx. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:: Inscription: Signed 'Frith' in the negative. Genre: Archaeological Photography View of the Sphinx at Giza from the east, with the Pyramid of Chephren (Khafra) beyond: 'The view, although taken from the point at which it is most difficult to gain the true expression of the face, is eminently su...
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1857
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Wf1/4620(12)
Title:: Geezeh, the Great Pyramid, from the plain. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:: Inscription: Signed 'Frith 159' in the negative. Genre: Archaeological Photography View from the south, looking across the sands toward the Pyramid of Cheops (Khufu), with figures posed among the group of trees in the foreground: 'The point from which this view is taken is distant not much les...
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1857
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Wf1/4620(13)
Title:: Gezzeh, the Second Pyramid, from the south-east. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:: Inscription: Signed 'Frith 153' in the negative, and 'Frith. Photo. 1857.' on mount. Genre: Archaeological Photography View looking towards the Pyramid of Chephren (Khafra): 'This is, perhaps, the most beautiful of the views of the Pyramids in this series. The distance and size of the chief mo...
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1857
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Wf1/4620(14)
Title:: Geezeh, rock-tombs and Belzoni's Pyramid. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:: Inscription: Signed 'Frith E. No. 72' in the negative. Genre: Archaeological Photography View looking towards the south face of the Pyramid of Cheops or Khufu (also known as Belzoni's Pyramid), with figures grouped near the entrance to the rock-cut tombs in the foreground.
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1857
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Wf1/4620(15)
Title:: Southern brick pyramid of Dahshoor, from the west. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:: Inscription: Signed 'Frith 155' in the negative, and 'Frith. Photo. 1857.' on mount beneath print. Genre: Archaeological Photography View looking across the sands towards the ruinous brick Pyramid of Amenamhat III, a 'tower-like heap rising from a mound of fragments.' With figures posed in the...
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1857
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Wf1/4620(16)
Title:: Southern stone pyramid of Dahshoor, from the south-west. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:: Inscription: Signed 'Frith 160' in the negative. Genre: Archaeological Photography View looking across the sands towards the southern, 'bent,' Pyramid of Sneferu, at Dahshur, known as such because of the very apparent change of angle between the upper and lower parts of the structure. With fig...
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1857
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Wf1/4621(5)
Title:: Absalom's Tomb, Jerusalem. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography View looking along the hillside in the Kidron Valley, towards the rock-cut cenotaph known as the Tomb of Absalom.
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1857
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Wf1/4624(4)
Title:: Tombs in the Southern Cemetery. Cairo. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:: Inscription: Signed 'Frith' in the negative. Genre: Urban Topographical Photography 'This view is taken on the south-east of the Citadel of Cairo, and the spectator is looking in a north-west direction. Immediately before him is a group of sepulchral mosques and dome-crowned tombs, which stand...
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1857
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Wf1/4624(8)
Title:: The Mosque of Kaitbey, Cairo. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:: Inscription: Signed 'Frith 165' in the negative. Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the mosque and tomb complex of Qait Bey, looking towards the dome and minaret, with a small flat-domed tomb supported on pillars in the foreground.
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1857
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Wf1/4624(11)
Title:: The Great Pyramid, and the Sphinx. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:: Inscription: Signed 'Frith' in the negative. Genre: Archaeological Photography View from the south, looking towards the Great Pyramid of Cheops (Khufu) at Giza, with the Sphinx in the right foreground.
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1857
Extent:: 1 item

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