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Container Reference (shelfmark) Photo 238 Material Type Photographs

1. Photo 238(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 238(1)
Title:
Palace of Kesra Anushirwan. Taaq Kesra. Photograph—faded—of the great ruin at Ctesiphon on the River Tigris. Photographer: Alexander Svoboda
Scope & Content:
Signed in ink, bottom right of print: [?] A.S. General view from the front of Cyrus' Arch at Ctesiphon. Print laid down on modern mount, with captions (as above) from original mount pasted down.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1858
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 238(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 238(2)
Title:
[Sassanid palace and Cyrus' Arch, Ctesiphon.] Photographer: Alexander Svoboda
Scope & Content:
Signed in ink, bottom right of print: [?] A.S. View of the palace ruins, presumably taken on the same occasion as print 1. Print laid down on modern mount.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1858
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 238(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 238(3)
Title:
[View on the Tigris, probably at Baghdad, Iraq.] Photographer: Alexander Svoboda
Scope & Content:
Signed in ink, bottom right of print: A. Svoboda 1858 View, presumably on the Tigris at Baghdad, looking across the river towards buildings on the far bank. Print laide down on modern card mount.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1858
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 238(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 238(4)
Title:
Pig hunting, Baghdad, 1858. Photographer: Alexander Svoboda
Scope & Content:
Inscribed on reverse: The pigs hunt Baghdad. European group, posed with horses, servants and two dead pigs. Print laid down on modern mount, with contemporary caption from original mount pasted below image.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1858
Extent:
1 item