Subject: Settlements / Material Type: Photographs - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Reference (shelfmark):: 1261.d.30, 2(53)
Title:: Thèbes. Médinet-Habou. Ruines de la ville de Papa. Photographer: Du Camp, Maxime
Scope & Content:: Genre: Archaeological Photography General view, looking over the ruins of brick houses of the Coptic village of Djeme, to the north of the temple complex, with hills rising beyond. At its height, this was one of the largest settlements in the Luxor area, and flourished until the 9th century A.D...
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 7 May 1850
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 1261.d.30, 3(81)
Title:: Nubie. Village et temple de l'île de Béché à l'ouest de Philoe. Photographer: Du Camp, Maxime
Scope & Content:: Genre: Archaeological Photography View looking towards the remaining archway and two standing columns of the small temple, set among the houses of the village on the east side of the island of Biga, opposite the original location of the temples of Philae. With additional caption note: 'Temple d...
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 10-15 Apr 1850
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 1261.d.30, 3(84)
Title:: Nubie. Rive septentrionale du Nil (village d'Abou-Koli). Vue prise au nord de Philoe. Photographer: Du Camp, Maxime
Scope & Content:: Genre: Landscape Photography View from the river north of Philae, looking across the rocky landscape towards the village of Abu Koli and the area whose quarries supplied building materials for the island. With additional caption note: 'Village d'Abou-Koli. — Carrières de Philœ; rochers nommé pa...
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 10-15 Apr 1850
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 1261.d.30, 3(85)
Title:: Nubie. Temple et village de Débôd. Parembole de l'itinéraire d'Antonin. Photographer: Du Camp, Maxime
Scope & Content:: Genre: Archaeological Photography View looking towards the half-buried ruins of the Temple of Amun (later re-dedicated to Isis) at Dabod, on the west bank of the Nile below Aswan, with the houses of the village in the foreground around the propylon. The temple was dismantled in the 1960s and pr...
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 10 Apr 1850
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 1781.a.20(12)
Title:: Valley of Jehoshaphat and Village of Siloam, looking south from Jerusalem. Photographer: Anthony, John
Scope & Content:: Genre: Landscape Photography View looking along the valley, with the village of Siloam on the left. A faded print, with some water-staining.
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1857
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 1781.b.39, 14(40)
Title:: The village of Siloam and Valley of Kidron. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:: Genre: Landscape Photography View from the hillside looking southwards down onto and along the valley, with the village of Siloam on the left.
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1857
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 1783.cc.11(96)
Title:: Le torrent d'Orgout et les montaignes du Hazret-Soultan. Photographer: Krafft, Hugues
Scope & Content:: Genre: Landscape Photography Facing p. 96. View looking upstream towards the mountains to the south, with a village on the banks of the river in the foreground.
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1898-1899
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 1783.cc.20(4)
Title:: Tonantins (rive gauche). 3me. Station des bateaux à vapeur, située sur le lac du même nom, contenant 15 maisons et 60 habitants, avec le vapeur de la ligne Icamiaba et le bateau du photographe, qui a fait 400 lieues de route sur l'Amazonas et ses confluents en 5 mois de temps, lui et 2 hommes. Photographer: Frisch, Albert
Scope & Content:: Genre: Landscape Photography View looking along the riverbank towards the houses of the village, with the paddle steamer 'Icamiaba' moored in the background. The photographer's own covered canoe, mentioned in the caption and also seen in print 50, is moored against the bank in the foreground.
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1865
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 1783.cc.20(20)
Title:: Malocca (rive gauche) ou habitation des Indiens sauvages, Caixanás, à 10 lieus de Tonantins. Photographer: Frisch, Albert
Scope & Content:: Genre: Ethnographical Photography View of an Caixanas Indian village near Tonantins, with a family group seated in front of the large circular thatched malocca (communal house) in the foreground.
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1865
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 1783.cc.20(49)
Title:: Palmier. Pupunhas avec épines (Guilielma speciosa, Mart.). Photographer: Frisch, Albert
Scope & Content:: Genre: Landscape Photography Study of a group of peach palms, also known as pupunhas (from the fruit), next to the huts of a village. The accepted modern species name is Bactris gasipaes.
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1865
Extent:: 1 item

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