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Archive Reference (shelfmark) 1899.l.15 Subject Deserts

1. 1899.l.15(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
1899.l.15(7)
Title:
The Pyramids of Sakkarah, from the north-east. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed and dated 'Frith 1858' in the negative. Genre: Architectural Photography General view, looking across the sands towards the step-pyramid of Djoser at Saqqara, with the small, ruinous Userkaf Pyramid in the foreground. With two figures reclining on the sand on the near foreg...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1858
Extent:
1 item

2. 1899.l.15(12)

Reference (shelfmark):
1899.l.15(12)
Title:
The Pyramids of El-Geezeh, from the south-west. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed and dated 'Frith 1858' in the negative. Genre: Architectural Photography General view looking across the desert towards the pyramids, with figures and a horse on the gravel in the foreground. On the left, nearest the camera, is the Pyramid of Menkaura and the row of the Que...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1858
Extent:
1 item

3. 1899.l.15(14)

Reference (shelfmark):
1899.l.15(14)
Title:
Mount Serbal, from the Wadee Feyran. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed and dated 'Frith 1858' in the negative. Genre: Landscape Photography View looking along the dry bed of the wadi, towards the ridged peak of Mount Serbal, supposed by some traditions to be Mount Sinai: 'In this view we see the mountain from the northward, as it rises beyond ...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1858
Extent:
1 item

4. 1899.l.15(19)

Reference (shelfmark):
1899.l.15(19)
Title:
The Second Pyramid, from the south-east. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed and dated 'Frith 1858' in the negative. Genre: Architectural Photography View looking towards the Pyramid of Khafra (Chephren), with figures posed on the slope in the foreground: 'The view excellently illustrates our endeavour to describe the tract of the Pyramids. It is ta...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1858
Extent:
1 item