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Archive Reference (shelfmark) 1885.I.11

1. 1885.I.11

Reference (shelfmark):
1885.I.11
Title:
Photographic views of Athens. Photographer(s): Beck, H.
Scope & Content:
Volume measuring 318 x 415 mm, modern red buckram binding, containing 59 albumen print views of Athens, mounted one to a page (recto only) on light card. The volume was conserved and rebound in 1997-98, but no information on the original binding appears to have been recorded. The majority of the...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1864
Extent:
59 items

2. 1885.i.11(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
1885.i.11(1)
Title:
[View of the Acropolis from the north-east.] Photographer: Beck, H.
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed in the negative, ‘H. Beck. Athènes.’ Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View looking across the rooftops of Athens towards the Acropolis Hill. A house in the middle distance has been ringed in pencil.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Early 1860s
Extent:
1 item

3. 1885.i.11(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
1885.i.11(2)
Title:
[The Temple of Hephaestus, Athens, from the Pnyx Hill.] Photographer: Beck, H.
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed in the negative 'H. Beck. Athènes.' Genre: Architectural Photography View looking down onto the Temple of Hephaestus ('Theseum'), with the houses of Athens beyond, and Lycabettus Hill rising in the right background. This view joins up with print 3 to form a panoramic view.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Early 1860s
Extent:
1 item

4. 1885.i.11(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
1885.i.11(3)
Title:
[Lycabettus Hill from the Pnyx Hill, Athens.] Photographer: Beck, H.
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed in the negative, ‘H. Beck. Athènes.’ Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View looking across the rooftops of Athens towards Lycabettus Hill. This view joins up with print 2 to form a panoramic view.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Early 1860s
Extent:
1 item

5. 1885.i.11(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
1885.i.11(4)
Title:
[The Acropolis, Athens, from the east.] Photographer: Beck, H.
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed in the negative, ‘H. Beck. Athènes.’ Genre: Landscape Photography Distant and faded view of the Acropolis from the east, with houses in the foreground, the Temple of Olympian Zeus in the left middleground and Philopappus Hill on the skyline.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Early 1860s
Extent:
1 item

6. 1885.i.11(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
1885.i.11(5)
Title:
[The Acropolis and the Temple of Hephaestus, Athens, from the north-west.] Photographer: Beck, H.
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed in the negative, ‘H. Beck. Athènes.’ Genre: Architectural Photography View looking towards the Temple of Hephaestus ('Theseum') on the left, with the Acropolis Hill rising in the background.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Early 1860s
Extent:
1 item

7. 1885.i.11(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
1885.i.11(6)
Title:
[The Acropolis and the Temple of Hephaestus, Athens, from the north.] Photographer: Beck, H.
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed in the negative, ‘H. Beck. Athènes.’ Genre: Architectural Photography View looking towards the Acropolis Hill, with the Temple of Hephaestus ('Theseum') in the foreground.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Early 1860s
Extent:
1 item

8. 1885.i.11(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
1885.i.11(7)
Title:
[Temple of Olympian Zeus and the Acropolis, Athens.] Photographer: Beck, H.
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed in the negative, ‘H. Beck. Athènes' (partly cropped). Genre: Archaeological Photography View looking towards the Acropolis Hill, with the standing columns of the Temple of Olympian Zeus in the foreground.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Early 1860s
Extent:
1 item

9. 1885.i.11(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
1885.i.11(8)
Title:
[Temple of Olympian Zeus, Athens.] Photographer: Beck, H.
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed in the negative, ‘H. Beck. Athènes.’ Genre: Archaeological Photography Close view of the standing Corinthian columns of the Temple of Olympian Zeus.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Early 1860s
Extent:
1 item

10. 1885.i.11(9)

Reference (shelfmark):
1885.i.11(9)
Title:
[Temple of Olympian Zeus, Athens.] Photographer: Beck, H.
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed in the negative, ‘H. Beck. Athènes.' Genre: Archaeological Photography Close view of the standing Corinthian columns of the Temple of Olympian Zeus.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Early 1860s
Extent:
1 item