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032-003224572 Material Type Photographs

1. 559.cc.19

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559.cc.19
Title:
Thebes and its five greater temples. By Captain W. de W. Abney, R.E., F.R.S. Illustrated with forty large permanent photographs by the author, and descriptive text. Photographer(s): Abney, William de Wiveleslie
Scope & Content:
Imprint: London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, Crown Buildings, 188, Fleet Street. 1876. Quarto, red cloth spine and marbled paper boards, measuring 320 x 265 mm; edges gilt; pp. viii, 88; with 40 woodburytype prints mounted one to a page on light card, with printed captions be...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1874-1875
Extent:
40 items

2. 559.cc.19(34)

Reference (shelfmark):
559.cc.19(34)
Title:
Tha sanctuary [Karnak]. Photographer: Abney, William de Wiveleslie
Scope & Content:
Genre: Archaeological Photography View looking across the sanctuary area of the Temple of Amun-Ra, largely under water in this view, owing to flooding from the Nile. In the background, to the south-east, is the festival hall of Thutmose III.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1874-1875
Extent:
1 item

3. 559.cc.19(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
559.cc.19(1)
Title:
A sunset at Thebes. Photographer: Abney, William de Wiveleslie
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Frontispiece. An atmospheric view looking across the Nile at dusk.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1874-1875
Extent:
1 item

4. 559.cc.19(18)

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559.cc.19(18)
Title:
The great hall, Memnonium [Ramesseum]. Photographer: Abney, William de Wiveleslie
Scope & Content:
Genre: Archaeological Photography View looking between two rows of columns in the hypostyle hall of the Ramesseum.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1874-1875
Extent:
1 item

5. 559.cc.19(19)

Reference (shelfmark):
559.cc.19(19)
Title:
The temple from the north [Ramesseum]. Photographer: Abney, William de Wiveleslie
Scope & Content:
Genre: Archaeological Photography View looking towards the hypostyle hall and the court beyond.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1874-1875
Extent:
1 item

6. 559.cc.19(25)

Reference (shelfmark):
559.cc.19(25)
Title:
Grand court [Luxor]. Photographer: Abney, William de Wiveleslie
Scope & Content:
Genre: Archaeological Photography View from the north of the half-buried papyriform columns of the great peristyle court of Amenhotep III in the Temple of Amun-Kamutef: 'The most advantageous view of the Grand Court is to be obtained from the roofs of the houses which stretch from the Grand Col...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1874-1875
Extent:
1 item

7. 559.cc.19(21)

Reference (shelfmark):
559.cc.19(21)
Title:
The façade, Goorneh temple. Photographer: Abney, William de Wiveleslie
Scope & Content:
Genre: Archaeological Photography View looking along the columned façade of the Temple of Sethos I at Qurna, also known as the Errebek Temple.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1874-1875
Extent:
1 item

8. 559.cc.19(27)

Reference (shelfmark):
559.cc.19(27)
Title:
The modern village, near Karnak. Photographer: Abney, William de Wiveleslie
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking across a palm-fringed oasis towards the houses of the village of Karnak.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1874-1875
Extent:
1 item

9. 559.cc.19(39)

Reference (shelfmark):
559.cc.19(39)
Title:
Karnak from the south-east. Photographer: Abney, William de Wiveleslie
Scope & Content:
Genre: Archaeological Photography General view of the Temple of Amun-Ra, looking across the sacred lake towards the ruins. On the extreme left is the (?)eighth pylon (on the north-south temple axis). To the right stands the first pylon (on the east-west axis), with the hypostyle hall in the cen...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1874-1875
Extent:
1 item

10. 559.cc.19(15)

Reference (shelfmark):
559.cc.19(15)
Title:
The temple from the south [Ramesseum]. Photographer: Abney, William de Wiveleslie
Scope & Content:
Genre: Archaeological Photography General view of the Ramesseum, the mortuary temple of Rameses II, with the first pylon on the right and the standing cluster of columns of the hypostyle hall on the left.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1874-1875
Extent:
1 item