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1. 1786.b.33, 1(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
1786.b.33, 1(8)
Title:
Minieh. Photographer: Douglas, James
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking along the riverbank at El Minya towards the village, with a local boat beached in the foreground: 'An Arab village on the west bank of the river, about 160 miles above Cairo, is chiefly remarkable for its extensive sugar factory and refinery.'
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860-1861
Extent:
1 item

2. 1786.b.33, 1(41)

Reference (shelfmark):
1786.b.33, 1(41)
Title:
Esné [Isna]. Photographer: Douglas, James
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking along the Nile riverbank at Isna (or Esna), with a local boat moored in the foreground: 'It possesses a tolerably well supplied bazaar. It is however principally interesting to the traveller from it Temple, and from the remains of the massive and extens...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860-1861
Extent:
1 item

3. 1786.b.33, 1(31)

Reference (shelfmark):
1786.b.33, 1(31)
Title:
Luxor. Photographer: Douglas, James
Scope & Content:
Genre: Archaeological Photography View looking across the river from the west, towards the Temple of Amun-Kamutef on the far bank, surrounded by modern buildings and with boats moored at the riverbank. Douglas' commentary bemoans the condition of the site at this time, for which later Egyptian ...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860-1861
Extent:
1 item

4. 1786.b.33, 1(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
1786.b.33, 1(2)
Title:
Our Nile boat or Dahabieh. Photographer: Douglas, James
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View of the lateen-rigged boat moored on the Nile, 'As it lay becalmed, near Kom Ombos, with a few native mud huts on a strip of cultivated land on the west bank of the river, and the Desert and Lybian hills in the background.' The letterpress accompanying the photo...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860-1861
Extent:
1 item