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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Wf1/4621 Material Type Photographs

1. Wf1/4621

Reference (shelfmark):
Wf1/4621
Title:
Sinai and Palestine. Photographer(s): Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:
Imprint: London: William Mackenzie, 22 Paternoster Row; Glasgow, and Edinburgh [n.d. 1863]. Blue folio buckram volume (modern binding dated 31 March 1978) measuring 432 x 323 mm and containing 18 albumen print views of Jerusalem, the Dead Sea, Nablus, Nazareth, Tiberia, Baniyas, Damascus and B...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1857
Extent:
18 items

2. 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

3. Wf1/4621(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Wf1/4621(2)
Title:
The Pool of Hezekiah, Jerusalem. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed 'Frith P. 117' in the negative. Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View looking across the pool, towards the Church of the Holy Sepulchre beyond.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1857
Extent:
1 item

4. 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

5. 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

6. Wf1/4621(5)

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

7. Wf1/4621(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
Wf1/4621(6)
Title:
Convent of Mar-Saba. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed 'Frith ---' in the negative (cropped). Genre: Architectural Photography View of the monasteries buildings at Deir Mar Saba, with the ravine of the Kidron River beyond: 'The magnificently wild and and deep ravine forms a sternly appropriate clinging-place for this old asceti...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1857
Extent:
1 item

8. Wf1/4621(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
Wf1/4621(7)
Title:
The northern shore of the Dead Sea. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking along the shore.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1857
Extent:
1 item

9. Wf1/4621(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
Wf1/4621(8)
Title:
Nablous, the 'Sichem' of the Old Testament, and the 'Sychar' of the New. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View looking across the rooftops of the 'thriving town of some 10,000 or 12,000 inhabitants, with extensive manufactories of soaps and other articles.'
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1857
Extent:
1 item

10. Wf1/4621(9)

Reference (shelfmark):
Wf1/4621(9)
Title:
Nazareth, from the north-west. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography General view lookinbg along the hillside towards the houses of Nazareth.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1857
Extent:
1 item