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Archive Reference (shelfmark) 10095.g.34

1. 10095.g.34

Reference (shelfmark):
10095.g.34
Title:
Egypt, Nubia, and Ethiopia. Illustrated by one hundred stereoscopic photographs, taken by Francis Frith for Messrs. Negretti and Zambra; with descriptions and numerous wood engravings, by Joseph Bonomi, F.R.S.L., author of 'Nineveh and its palaces;' and notes by Samuel Sharpe, author of 'The history of Egypt.' Photographer(s): Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:
Imprint: London: Smith, Elder and Co., 65, Cornhill. M.DCCC.XLII. Quarto, quarter leather and red buckram binding (rebound 2001-02), measuring 236 x 195 mm; the original covers, in red cloth, with title and decorative work in gilt, have been preserved and pasted down on the inner face of the u...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1859-1860
Extent:
100 items

2. 10095.g.34(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
10095.g.34(1)
Title:
The Mosque of Sultan Hassan, Cairo. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the Sultan Hasan Mosque. Stereoscopic pair.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1859-1860
Extent:
1 item

3. 10095.g.34(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
10095.g.34(2)
Title:
Cairo with distant view of the Pyramids. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View across the rooftops of Cairo, towards the pyramids of Giza in the far distance: 'This view is taken from a still greater elevation than the last, from the top of a house, probably in the citadel. nearly in the centre of the picture the three great pyr...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1859-1860
Extent:
1 item

4. 10095.g.34(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
10095.g.34(3)
Title:
The Pyramids of Geezeh. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:
Genre: Archaeological Photography General view of the pyramids. Stereoscopic pair.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1859-1860
Extent:
1 item

5. 10095.g.34(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
10095.g.34(4)
Title:
The Great Pyramids and head of Sphinx. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:
Genre: Archaeological Photography View from the south-east, looking towards the Sphinx, with the Pyramid of Cheops (Khufu) and the Pyramids of the Queens beyond: 'In the foreground of this picture are some new excavations which have laid bare certain ancient galleries cut in the living rock and...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1859-1860
Extent:
1 item

6. 10095.g.34(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
10095.g.34(5)
Title:
Geezeh during the inundation. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking across an artificial dyke, filled with water from the annual inundation, with buildings on the far side: 'This view of Gizeh is taken from the foot of the pyramid in the desert looking towards the east.' Stereoscopic pair.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1859-1860
Extent:
1 item

7. 10095.g.34(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
10095.g.34(6)
Title:
The quarries of Toura and pyramids. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View from Tura, looking north-westwards towards the Nile, with quarries in the foreground: 'In this one little picture we have brought together the most ancient monuments of civilized man now existing on the face of the globe and the most recent invention; for, in t...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1859-1860
Extent:
1 item

8. 10095.g.34(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
10095.g.34(7)
Title:
Siout or Lycopolis. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed 'Frith' in the negative. Genre: Landscape Photography View looking towards Assiut, with a figure standing beside a tent in the foreground, and a dyke and bridge beyond: 'This view is taken from the east; Siout is some little distance from the margin of the Nile on which the...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1859-1860
Extent:
1 item

9. 10095.g.34(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
10095.g.34(8)
Title:
The Temple of Dendera. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:
Genre: Archaeological Photography Close view of the capital of a composite column in one of the temples ('the least important of the three,' possibly the Roman birth house in the Temple of Hathor) at Dendera. Stereoscopic pair.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1859-1860
Extent:
1 item

10. 10095.g.34(9)

Reference (shelfmark):
10095.g.34(9)
Title:
Errebek, Thebes. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed 'Frith' in the negative. View of the village: 'The circular inclosures, made of mud and broken jars, are the rooms or huts open to the sky in which the labourers sleep. In the jars they keep water, butter, cheese, bread, and food of all sorts. This is the first village which...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1859-1860
Extent:
1 item