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1781.b.39, 7(19)
- Record Id:
- 040-003227538
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003227537
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100026867937.0x000e5f
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- 1781.b.39, 7(19)
- Title:
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The Wadi-l-Baghleh, Sinai. Photographer: Frith, Francis
- Scope & Content:
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Inscription: Inscribed in the negative, 'Frith 169.'
Genre: Landscape Photography
View looking along the valley floor, with Frith's camp in the foreground: 'This view represents one of the valleys on the route from Sinai to El-'Akabeh. It is a level tract, strewn with detritus brought down by the mountain rains, and interspersed with desert shrubs. It is closed in by the rounded forms of secondary mountains of no great height, while in the distance, far to the south, rise the lofty peaks of and ridges of the primary formation. The prospect is dreary, but less so than that of some of the valleys of the loftier parts of the peninsula...The desert is vast as the sea, more silent, and as unmarked by the ever-passing, but never-resting, sons of men. Its air is purer, its heaven clearer, and its stars more bright, than where the rivers and watered plains send up their thick vapours. With a prospect so grandly harmonious, and with so perfect a climate, life is more enjoyable than in any other condition. The body feels no weariness, and the spirits never flag...'
- Collection Area:
- Printed Collections
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003227537
040-003227538 - Is part of:
- 1781.b.39, 7 : Cairo, Sinai, Jerusalem and the Pyramids of Egypt: a series of sixty photographic views by Francis Frith. With descriptions by…
1781.b.39, 7(19) : The Wadi-l-Baghleh, Sinai. Photographer: Frith, Francis - Hierarchy:
- 032-003227537[0001]/040-003227538
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: 1781.b.39, 7
- 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: 154 mm x 225 mm
Format: Printed Book
Secondary Support: Card
- Former External References:
- 169
- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Frith, Francis, 1822-1898
- Subjects:
- Camps
Deserts
Land
Shelters
Tents