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1786.b.33, 1(41)
- Record Id:
- 040-003228105
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003228064
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100026867937.0x001096
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- 1786.b.33, 1(41)
- Title:
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Esné [Isna]. Photographer: Douglas, James
- Scope & Content:
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Genre: Landscape Photography
View looking along the Nile riverbank at Isna (or Esna), with a local boat moored in the foreground: 'It possesses a tolerably well supplied bazaar. It is however principally interesting to the traveller from it Temple, and from the remains of the massive and extensive stone quays on the river side. The town, as is seen by the Photograph, appears to be built on a high mound, which rises on a slope from the water's edge. Along the bank for a considerable distance, are the remains of the ancient quay, still in tolerable preservation and which yet fulfils the purpose of its original construction, by protecting the town from the encroachments of the Nile...'
- Collection Area:
- Printed Collections
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003228064
040-003228105 - Is part of:
- 1786.b.33, 1 : Photographic views taken in Egypt, by James Douglas M.D. and James Douglas Jnr. [authors' names inserted by hand] during the…
1786.b.33, 1(41) : Esné [Isna]. Photographer: Douglas, James - Hierarchy:
- 032-003228064[0041]/040-003228105
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: 1786.b.33, 1
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Techniques:
- Albumen Print
Albumen Print From Waxed Paper Negative
Photograph
Photographic Print
Silver Printing-Out Paper Print - Start Date:
- 1860
- End Date:
- 1861
- Date Range:
- 1860-1861
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 204 mm x 269 mm
Format: Printed Book
Secondary Support: Card
- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Douglas, James, engineer and businessman, 1837-1918
- Subjects:
- Boats
Bodies Of Water
Harbours
Rivers
Transportation
Vessels
Water transport
Wharves