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1781.b.39, 5(13)
- Record Id:
- 040-003227530
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003227529
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100026867937.0x000e57
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- 1781.b.39, 5(13)
- Title:
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The Convent of Sinai and Plain of Er-Raha. Photographer: Frith, Francis
- Scope & Content:
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Inscription: Inscribed in the negative, 'Frith 182.'
Genre: Landscape Photography
View looking along the valley towards the walls of St Catherine's Monastery: 'In the view we look down the valley in which the convent stands towards the Plain of Er-Ráhà. The scene is strangely desolate. In the immediate foreground, up to the convent walls, stretches an aris tract strewn with broken fragments of rock, some of which are of vast size, as we see by comparing them with the little encampment in front. The fortress-like convent rises finely in the distane, and further still the Plain of Er-Ráhà is spread out beneath the encircling mountains, among which, to the left, in the extremest distance, may be seen the lofty ridge of Serbál...'
- Collection Area:
- Printed Collections
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003227529
040-003227530 - Is part of:
- 1781.b.39, 5 : Cairo, Sinai, Jerusalem and the Pyramids of Egypt: a series of sixty photographic views by Francis Frith. With descriptions by…
1781.b.39, 5(13) : The Convent of Sinai and Plain of Er-Raha. Photographer: Frith, Francis - Hierarchy:
- 032-003227529[0001]/040-003227530
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: 1781.b.39, 5
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Techniques:
- Albumen Print
Photograph
Photographic Print
Silver Printing-Out Paper Print - Start Date:
- 1857
- End Date:
- 1857
- Date Range:
- 1857
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 161 mm x 228 mm
Format: Printed Book
Secondary Support: Card
- Former External References:
- 182
- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Frith, Francis, 1822-1898
- Subjects:
- Architectural Types
Architecture
Land
Monasteries
Mountains
Religious Buildings
Saint Catherine's Monastery (Sinai)
Valleys