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1781.b.39, 16(47)
- Record Id:
- 040-003227575
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003227573
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100026867937.0x000e84
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- 1781.b.39, 16(47)
- Title:
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The Wadee Feyran, Sinai, second view. Photographer: Frith, Francis
- Scope & Content:
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Inscription: Inscribed in the negative, 'Frith 178.'
Genre: Landscape Photography
View along the dry streambed, towards the mountains, with palms and other trees in the foreground: 'This view of the Wádee Feyrán is taken, like the one previously described, from the northward, but pictures a very different scene. In the distance, as before, we see the noble forms of the ridge of Serbál. Nearer are the shelving bank-like sides of the valley, and off a smaller valley leading into it from the south. But beneath, in the valley, is a little oasis, marked by two groups of date-palms and tamarisks, the former rudely walled round to protect them from the mountain storms...'
- Collection Area:
- Printed Collections
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003227573
040-003227575 - Is part of:
- 1781.b.39, 16 : Cairo, Sinai, Jerusalem and the Pyramids of Egypt: a series of sixty photographic views by Francis Frith. With descriptions by…
1781.b.39, 16(47) : The Wadee Feyran, Sinai, second view. Photographer: Frith, Francis - Hierarchy:
- 032-003227573[0002]/040-003227575
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: 1781.b.39, 16
- 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: 166 mm x 226 mm
Format: Printed Book
Secondary Support: Card
- Former External References:
- 178
- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Frith, Francis, 1822-1898
- Subjects:
- Bodies Of Water
Land
Mountains
Palm Trees
Plants
Rivers
Tamarisk Trees
Trees
Wadis