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Archive Reference (shelfmark) 1787.d.13, 1

1. 1787.d.13, 1

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.13, 1
Title:
Ordnance Survey of the Peninsula of Sinai. Made with the Sanction of the Right Hon: Sir John Pakington, Bart; Secretary of State for War. By Captains C. W. Wilson, and H. S. Palmer, R.E. Under the Direction of Colonel Sir Henry James, R.E: F.R.S. etc. Director-General of the Ordnance Survey. [Part III. Photographs. Volume I.] Photographer(s): McDonald, James
Scope & Content:
Imprint: Published by Authority of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury. Ordnance Survey Office. Southampton. MDCCCLXIX [1869]. Folio, half-leather binding with purple buckram boards, measuring 480 x 362 mm, with royal coat of arms and title as follows stamped in gilt on front boa...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1868-1869
Extent:
61 items

2. 1787.d.13, 1(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.13, 1(1)
Title:
Members of the Sinai Survey. Photographer: McDonald, James
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Group portrait of civilian members of the survey, seated with two Bedouin guides in front of a group of palms. Location unspecified, but probably taken at Uyun Musa in November 1868 at the start of the journey. A numbered key beneath the print identifies the individu...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Nov 1868
Extent:
1 item

3. 1787.d.13, 1(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.13, 1(2)
Title:
Non-Commissioned Officers of the Royal Engineers on the Sinai Survey. Photographer: McDonald, James
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Group portrait of the Royal Engineers N.C.O.s attached to the survey, posed in the same location as the preceding print, with a theodilite placed in the centre of the group. With numbered key beneath the print identifying the sitters. Location unspecified, but probab...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Nov 1868
Extent:
1 item

4. 1787.d.13, 1(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.13, 1(3)
Title:
Entering the desert by Ayun Musa (Well of Moses). Photographer: McDonald, James
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View of members of the survey (distant) posed at the edge of the desert at Uyun Musa, with a palm tree prominent in the centre of the composition. For another copy of this photograph, see the duplicate set (with the two additional volumes of photographs) at shelfma...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Nov 1868
Extent:
1 item

5. 1787.d.13, 1(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.13, 1(4)
Title:
Wady Serabit el Khadim. Photographer: McDonald, James
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking along the dry stream-bed of the wadi towards the mountain beyond. The photograph may have been taken either on the first visit to Serabit el Khadim at the start of the survey, or during a longer second visit in early 1869. For another copy of this phot...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1868-1869
Extent:
1 item

6. 1787.d.13, 1(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.13, 1(5)
Title:
Egyptian ruins, Serabit el Khadim. Photographer: McDonald, James
Scope & Content:
Genre: Archaeological Photography General view of the ruins, with Arab figures posed in the middleground and stelae standing beyond: 'At Sarabit el Khadim are more turquoise mines and hieroglyphic tablets, more traces of copper-mining, and a curious collection of sculptured memorial stelæ, full...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1868-1869
Extent:
1 item

7. 1787.d.13, 1(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.13, 1(6)
Title:
Stele. Serabit el Khadim. Photographer: McDonald, James
Scope & Content:
Genre: Archaeological Photography View of a large standing stele, with Arab figures posed beside it and mountains beyond. For another copy of this photograph, see the duplicate set (with the two additional volumes of photographs) at shelfmark Maps 29.d.28.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1868
Extent:
1 item

8. 1787.d.13, 1(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.13, 1(7)
Title:
Mines at Serabit el Khadim. Photographer: McDonald, James
Scope & Content:
Genre: Archaeological Photography View looking across the barren landscape at the site of ancient copper mines at Sarabit el Khadim, with a group of Arab figures posed in the foreground. For another copy of this photograph, see the duplicate set (with the two additional volumes of photographs)...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1868
Extent:
1 item

9. 1787.d.13, 1(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.13, 1(8)
Title:
Jebel Zibb el Baheir Abul Bahriyeh. Photographer: McDonald, James
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking across the rocky hillside towards the summit of the mountain. For another copy of this photograph, see the duplicate set (with the two additional volumes of photographs) at shelfmark Maps 29.d.28.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1868
Extent:
1 item

10. 1787.d.13, 1(9)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.13, 1(9)
Title:
El Watiyeh. Photographer: McDonald, James
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View along the valley floor, with rocky hills rising on either side and figures posed in the distance. For another copy of this photograph, see the duplicate set (with the two additional volumes of photographs) at shelfmark Maps 29.d.28.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1868
Extent:
1 item