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1. Wf1/4620

Reference (shelfmark):
Wf1/4620
Title:
Egypt, Sinai and Palestine. By F. Frith. Supplementary volume. Photographer(s): Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:
Imprint: William Mackenzie. Paternoster Row, London and Glasgow & Edinburgh [n.d. 1863]. Blue folio buckram volume (modern binding, dated 31 Mar 1978), measuring 430 x 318 mm, and containing 16 albumen print views of Cairo, Giza and Dahshur, with descriptive letterpress. The work, original...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1857
Extent:
16 items

2. Wf1/4620(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Wf1/4620(2)
Title:
Turkish summer costume [Titlepage]. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length self-portrait of Francis Frith, dressed in oritental costume, seated on a divan and holding a long Turkish smoking pipe or chibouk, probably photographed in London; mounted on titlepage This is one of at least four different self-portraits in eastern dres...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1859
Extent:
1 item

3. Wf1/4620(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Wf1/4620(4)
Title:
Street view in Cairo. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed 'Frith E. No. 81' in the negative, and 'Frith. Photo. 1857' on mount. Genre: Urban Topographical Photography 'Without any especial object of historical interest, the accompanying view is exceedingly instructive, as illustrative of the picturesque ruins of Cairo. With the e...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1857
Extent:
1 item

4. Wf1/4620(11)

Reference (shelfmark):
Wf1/4620(11)
Title:
Gezzeh, the Sphinx. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed 'Frith' in the negative. Genre: Archaeological Photography View of the Sphinx at Giza from the east, with the Pyramid of Chephren (Khafra) beyond: 'The view, although taken from the point at which it is most difficult to gain the true expression of the face, is eminently su...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1857
Extent:
1 item

5. Wf1/4620(10)

Reference (shelfmark):
Wf1/4620(10)
Title:
Study of prickly pear orchard and camels, Cairo. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed 'Frith 150' in the negative. Genre: Landscape Photography View of a group of baggage camels and keepers in a cactus grove: 'In the outskirts of Cairo, especially on the north, there are large thickets of the cactus which produces the prickly pear. We rarely, however, have s...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1857
Extent:
1 item

6. Wf1/4620(13)

Reference (shelfmark):
Wf1/4620(13)
Title:
Gezzeh, the Second Pyramid, from the south-east. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed 'Frith 153' in the negative, and 'Frith. Photo. 1857.' on mount. Genre: Archaeological Photography View looking towards the Pyramid of Chephren (Khafra): 'This is, perhaps, the most beautiful of the views of the Pyramids in this series. The distance and size of the chief mo...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1857
Extent:
1 item

7. 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

8. Wf1/4620(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
Wf1/4620(7)
Title:
Tombs in the Southern Cemetery, Cairo, third view. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed 'Frith E. No. 76' in the negative. Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View looking towards two large domed tombs, surrounded by the smaller graves of the cemetery. Described as 'second view' in list of plates, and 'third view' on image mount.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1857
Extent:
1 item

9. Wf1/4620(16)

Reference (shelfmark):
Wf1/4620(16)
Title:
Southern stone pyramid of Dahshoor, from the south-west. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed 'Frith 160' in the negative. Genre: Archaeological Photography View looking across the sands towards the southern, 'bent,' Pyramid of Sneferu, at Dahshur, known as such because of the very apparent change of angle between the upper and lower parts of the structure. With fig...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1857
Extent:
1 item

10. Wf1/4620(12)

Reference (shelfmark):
Wf1/4620(12)
Title:
Geezeh, the Great Pyramid, from the plain. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed 'Frith 159' in the negative. Genre: Archaeological Photography View from the south, looking across the sands toward the Pyramid of Cheops (Khufu), with figures posed among the group of trees in the foreground: 'The point from which this view is taken is distant not much les...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1857
Extent:
1 item