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Subject Forts and Fortifications

1231. Talbot Photo 24(371)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 24(371)
Title:
[Coastal Fort looking out to the Mediterranean.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View of a fort situated along a coastline; it has two Moorish-style towers and there is a palm tree to the far left. Photoglyphic engraving from stereograph. Image size 55 x 68 mm, press imprint size 78 x 101 mm, paper size 194 x 255 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
After 1858
Extent:
1 item

1232. WD4464(22a)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4464(22a)
Title:
The River Taptee, Surat, from Mr. Galway's house, 1857. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking along the Tapti towards Surat Castle, with local craft moored in the foreground. The 'Bombay Almanac and Directory' for 1857 identifies William Galway as an engineer with the Baroda Railway Company, resident at Surat.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1857
Extent:
1 item

1233. Wf1/4620(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
Wf1/4620(6)
Title:
Tomb under the Gebel Mukattam, Cairo. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed 'Frith E. No. 78' in the negative. Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View of the ruined domed tomb, with the Citadel and Mosque of Muhammad Ali in the background: 'the Citadel of Cairo forms a bold mass in the background, crowned by the modern Turkish Mosque of Mohamma...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1857
Extent:
1 item

1234. Wf1/4624(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Wf1/4624(1)
Title:
Traveller's boat at Ibrim [titlepage]. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed 'Frith' in the negative. Genre: Landscape Photography View from the bank of the Nile at Qasr Ibrim, looking across the river towards the hill fort on the far side, with a feluccah moored in the foreground.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1857
Extent:
1 item

1235. Wf1/4624(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
Wf1/4624(7)
Title:
The Bab el-Azab, Citadel, Cairo. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed 'Frith 151' in the negative. Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View looking towards the gateway, flanked by fortified towers, with horses and a tent in the foreground: 'The Bab El-'Azab, so called because it is in the lower circuit of the Citadel, or the circuit of the...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1857
Extent:
1 item

1236. Wf1/4624(9)

Reference (shelfmark):
Wf1/4624(9)
Title:
The Citadel, Cairo. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed 'Frith' in the negative. Genre: Urban Topographical Photography Caption sub-titled: 'With the Mosque of Mohammad 'Alee, from a cemetery to the south-east, at the foot of the Gebel El-Mukattam.' Distant view of the Citadel, with the Mosque of Muhamad Ali rising prominently a...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1857
Extent:
1 item

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