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2201. 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

2202. Wf1/4620(9)

Reference (shelfmark):
Wf1/4620(9)
Title:
View of Boolak [Bulaq, Cairo]. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed 'Frith. Photo.' on mount beneath print. Genre: Urban Topographical Photography 'Concealed behind the mound in the foreground of this view is one of the entrances to Boolak from Cairo, of which city it is the principal port. The only mosque in this view is of modern date, as...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1857
Extent:
1 item

2203. 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

2204. 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

2205. 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

2206. Wf1/4622(19)

Reference (shelfmark):
Wf1/4622(19)
Title:
Doum palm, and ruined mosque, near Philae. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View from below, looking towards the mosque, with figures seated in the shade beneath a clump of palms in the foreground: 'With reference to my picture I may observe, that the ruin is that of an old mosque, near the Island of Philae, and perhaps almost the only vest...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1857
Extent:
1 item

2207. Wf1/4624(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Wf1/4624(2)
Title:
Cairo, from the east [frontispiece]. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed 'Frith No. 90' in the negative. Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View looking over the 'housetops of the chief modern approach to the Citadel. The road, here called the Tebbáneh, runs under the mosque in the centre of the view, and continues beneath the other mosque, ...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1857
Extent:
1 item

2208. Wf1/4624(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Wf1/4624(3)
Title:
The Mosque of the Emeer Akhor. Cairo. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed 'Frith' in the negative. Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the dome and minaret of the mosque: 'The exterior of the Mosque of the Emeer Akhor is presented with such wonderful effect by the truth of photography, that, with the help of a magnifying glass, we fi...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1857
Extent:
1 item

2209. Wf1/4624(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Wf1/4624(4)
Title:
Tombs in the Southern Cemetery. Cairo. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed 'Frith' in the negative. Genre: Urban Topographical Photography 'This view is taken on the south-east of the Citadel of Cairo, and the spectator is looking in a north-west direction. Immediately before him is a group of sepulchral mosques and dome-crowned tombs, which stand...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1857
Extent:
1 item

2210. Wf1/4624(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
Wf1/4624(6)
Title:
The Mosque of El-Hakim, Cairo. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking towards the tower and minaret of the ruined Al-Hakim Mosque, with ruined archways and columns in the foreground. The following description is given in Sir E.A. Wallis Budge, 'Cook's handbook for Egypt and the Egyptian Sudan' (London, 1921), p. 169: ...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1857
Extent:
1 item

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