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Subject Mosques Material Type Photographs

1621. Wf1/4621(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Wf1/4621(1)
Title:
Church of the Ascension, Mount of Olives. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed 'Frith 193' in the negative. Genre: Landscape Photography View looking along the hillside towards the minaret of the Mosque of the Ascension: 'The view is taken from the western slope of the mount, at some distance above the valley. Before us is a small Arab village around ...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1857
Extent:
1 item

1622. Wf1/4621(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Wf1/4621(3)
Title:
The Mosque of Omar, etc., Jerusalem. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed 'Frith P. 108' in the negative. Genre: Architectural Photography View looking along the city wall towards the Dome of the Rock (Qubbat al-Sakhra), with the Minaret of the Chain to the left.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1857
Extent:
1 item

1623. Wf1/4621(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Wf1/4621(4)
Title:
Pool of Bethseda, the Mosque of Omar, etc., Jerusalem. From the city walls. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography 'This view is taken from a point upon the walls very near to St Stephen's Gate. It embraces the deep wall of the Pool of Bethseda, the Mosques of Omar [Dome of the Rock] and Aksa, the minaret from which the muezzin, or call to prayers, is proclaimed, and (on the...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1857
Extent:
1 item

1624. Wf1/4622(19)

Reference (shelfmark):
Wf1/4622(19)
Title:
Doum palm, and ruined mosque, near Philae. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View from below, looking towards the mosque, with figures seated in the shade beneath a clump of palms in the foreground: 'With reference to my picture I may observe, that the ruin is that of an old mosque, near the Island of Philae, and perhaps almost the only vest...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1857
Extent:
1 item

1625. Wf1/4624(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Wf1/4624(2)
Title:
Cairo, from the east [frontispiece]. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed 'Frith No. 90' in the negative. Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View looking over the 'housetops of the chief modern approach to the Citadel. The road, here called the Tebbáneh, runs under the mosque in the centre of the view, and continues beneath the other mosque, ...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1857
Extent:
1 item

1626. Wf1/4624(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Wf1/4624(3)
Title:
The Mosque of the Emeer Akhor. Cairo. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed 'Frith' in the negative. Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the dome and minaret of the mosque: 'The exterior of the Mosque of the Emeer Akhor is presented with such wonderful effect by the truth of photography, that, with the help of a magnifying glass, we fi...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1857
Extent:
1 item

1627. Wf1/4624(4)

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

1628. Wf1/4624(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
Wf1/4624(6)
Title:
The Mosque of El-Hakim, Cairo. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking towards the tower and minaret of the ruined Al-Hakim Mosque, with ruined archways and columns in the foreground. The following description is given in Sir E.A. Wallis Budge, 'Cook's handbook for Egypt and the Egyptian Sudan' (London, 1921), p. 169: ...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1857
Extent:
1 item

1629. Wf1/4624(8)

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

1630. Wf1/4624(9)

Reference (shelfmark):
Wf1/4624(9)
Title:
The Citadel, Cairo. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed 'Frith' in the negative. Genre: Urban Topographical Photography Caption sub-titled: 'With the Mosque of Mohammad 'Alee, from a cemetery to the south-east, at the foot of the Gebel El-Mukattam.' Distant view of the Citadel, with the Mosque of Muhamad Ali rising prominently a...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1857
Extent:
1 item

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