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Maps 29.d.28, 2(1)
- Record Id:
- 040-003231401
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003231400
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100026867737.0x0007dd
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Maps 29.d.28, 2(1)
- Title:
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Members of the Sinai Survey. Photographer: McDonald, James
- Scope & Content:
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Genre: Portrait Photography
Group portrait of members of the survey party, photographed in front of a tent, probably at Uyun Musa (Wells of Moses) at the beginning of the expedition. A numbered key beneath the print identifies the sitters as follows (back row, left to right): Captain (later Major General) Henry Spencer Palmer R.E., Salvo (cook), the oriental scholar Edward Henry Palmer, Captain (later Major General Sir) Charles William Wilson, Eisa (servant); (seated on carpet in front): Revd. Frederick Whitmore Holland and Claude Wilmot Wyatt (expedition naturalist).
For another copy of this photograph, see duplicate set at shelfmark 1787.d.13.
- Collection Area:
- Map Collections
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003231400
040-003231401 - Is part of:
- Maps 29.d.28, 2 : Ordnance Survey of the Peninsula of Sinai. Made with the sanction of the Right Hon: Sir John Pakington, Bart; Secretary of State…
Maps 29.d.28, 2(1) : Members of the Sinai Survey. Photographer: McDonald, James - Hierarchy:
- 032-003231400[0001]/040-003231401
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Maps 29.d.28, 2
- 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:
- 1868
- End Date:
- 1868
- Date Range:
- 1868
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 167 mm x 216 mm
Format: Printed Book
Secondary Support: Paper
- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Holland, Frederick Whitmore, Reverend, 1837-1881
McDonald, James, 1822-1885
Palmer, Edward Henry, 1840-1882
Palmer, Henry Spencer, Major-General, 1838-1893 - Subjects:
- Ordnance Survey of Sinai, 1868-69
Surveys and Surveying