The photograph shows the Karacaahmet Cemetery, an historic cemetery located in Üsküdar. Karacaahmet cemetery is the oldest in Istanbul., Title and date devised by Library staff., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.2017.0114, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i2447082x, BIB-ID: 2537307
Title and date devised by Library staff., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.2013.0009-0001, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i26364803, BIB-ID: 2814922, See Hannavy, J. (2008). Encyclopedia of nineteenth-century photography. New York: Routledge, p. 975.
Photographs show two young water carriers and one blind beggar. Both these subjects were very common in Orientalism painting. Alexandre Brignoli was an Italian professional photographer active in Cairo between 1860 and 1870. His studio was based at the Hôtel du Commerce and his production almost ex ...
Title and date devised by Library staff. Plate number 149., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.2013.0001-0049, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i21951512, BIB-ID: 2346451
Photographic views of Itchan Kala, the inner town of the old Khiva oasis. Visible monuments are the Kalta Minor minaret (1;2), the minaret of the Juma Mosque (2;13;14), the Pahlavan Darvaza and the Islam-Khodja Complex (15;16); the Alla-Quli Khan Madrasa (6-10) and the carved wooden pillars of the T ...
This collection gathers vintage original gelatin silver prints of historical monuments of Morocco, especially mosques and palaces, of the cities of Rabat, Fez, Meknes and Marrakesh. Between 1915 and 1917, together with his colleague Jean Rhoné, Lucine Vogel was enrolled as a photographer in the Fre ...
Title from item, date devised by Library staff. Embossed "American Colony Jerusalem" on the recto of the print, titled and numbered (4) in ink on the recto)., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.2016.0020-0002, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i23690161, BIB-ID: 2523622
The image shows the Shoshenq I Inscription on the fall of Jerusalem from the temple of Karnak in Luxor, Egypt and recounts the Middle Eastern city-states that were conquered by the Pharaoh. The Louvre Museum was one of the first institutions to use cameras to document archaeological findings. Devér ...
Title and date devised by Library staff., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.2013.0009-0002, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i26364815, BIB-ID: 2814924, See Hannavy, J. (2008). Encyclopedia of nineteenth-century photography. New York: Routledge, p. 975.
Photograph showing the Mahmal in the streets of Mecca followed by the pilgrims. The traditional houses of the city are also visible., Title and date devised by Library staff., Main Heritage Display General, HC.HP.2017.0233-0017, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i2466859x, BIB-ID: 2648458
