Title from item. Date devised by library staff. The photograph is titled, signed "Bonfils" and numbered (illegible) in the negative. Number in ink... Show moreTitle from item. Date devised by library staff. The photograph is titled, signed "Bonfils" and numbered (illegible) in the negative. Number in ink on the mount (71). Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0053-0062 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26390000 BIB-ID: 2818032 Show less
Title from item. Date devised by library staff. The photograph is titled, signed "Bonfils" and numbered (451) in the negative. Number in ink on the... Show moreTitle from item. Date devised by library staff. The photograph is titled, signed "Bonfils" and numbered (451) in the negative. Number in ink on the mount (73). Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0053-0066 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26389770 BIB-ID: 2818009 Show less
Title from item. Date devised by library staff. The photograph is titled, signed "Bonfils" and numbered (726) in the negative. Number in ink on the... Show moreTitle from item. Date devised by library staff. The photograph is titled, signed "Bonfils" and numbered (726) in the negative. Number in ink on the mount (105). Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0053-0068 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26389794 BIB-ID: 2818011 Show less
Title from item. Date devised by library staff. The photograph is titled, signed "Bonfils" and numbered (440) in the negative. Number in ink on the... Show moreTitle from item. Date devised by library staff. The photograph is titled, signed "Bonfils" and numbered (440) in the negative. Number in ink on the mount (70). Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0053-0063 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i2638999x BIB-ID: 2818031 Show less
Title from item. Date devised by library staff. The photograph is titled, signed "Bonfils" and numbered (illegible) in the negative. Number in ink... Show moreTitle from item. Date devised by library staff. The photograph is titled, signed "Bonfils" and numbered (illegible) in the negative. Number in ink on the mount (72). Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0053-0064 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26390048 BIB-ID: 2818040 Show less
Title from item. Date devised by library staff. The photograph is titled, signed "Bonfils" and numbered (443) in the negative. Number in ink on the... Show moreTitle from item. Date devised by library staff. The photograph is titled, signed "Bonfils" and numbered (443) in the negative. Number in ink on the mount (69). Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0053-0065 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26389782 BIB-ID: 2818010 Show less
The album collects photographs by the major photographers active in the Middle East at the end of the XIX century. Images include: statues and art... Show moreThe album collects photographs by the major photographers active in the Middle East at the end of the XIX century. Images include: statues and art crafts from the Museum of Gizah; Egyptian antiquities (pyramids, temples, hieroglyphics); Islamic architectures in Cairo (tombs, the Citadel, mosques and mashrabiyas); views of the streets of Cairo (hotels and bazaars); staged portraits of local people (artisans, women, peasants and musicians); the Nile river with traditional boats and ports. Title from item, date devised by Library staff. Album with vellum-bound, in golden letter and ornaments. The album consists of 24 pages. Prints are pasted on both sides. On the paste-down there is a scratched ex libris "Metropolitan Museum of Art. [illegible] of the Costume Institute. [illegible] Art Worker's Club". Manuscript note "Sold and discarted in 1960s). Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0053-0096 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26485229 BIB-ID: 2830659 Show less
The photograph is part of the Oriental Collection of the Maison Bonfils. The image is captioned on the mount with a Biblical quote from St. Matth... Show moreThe photograph is part of the Oriental Collection of the Maison Bonfils. The image is captioned on the mount with a Biblical quote from St. Matth XI, 23: "And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell" Title from item, date devised by Library staff. The photograph is titled and signed in the negative and mount. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2014.0032-0003 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26821953 BIB-ID: 2854427 Show less
Views depict: Jerusalem and its surroundings (12), Jaffa (1), Bethlehem (2), Nablus (1), Nazareth (1), Tiberias (1), Cana of Galilee (1), al... Show moreViews depict: Jerusalem and its surroundings (12), Jaffa (1), Bethlehem (2), Nablus (1), Nazareth (1), Tiberias (1), Cana of Galilee (1), al-Khaleel (1), Dead Sea (1), The Jordan (1), al-Azarriyah- Bethany (1), Capernaum (1), Pool of Siloam (1), Field of Boaz (1), Bethel (1), Tomb of Lazarus (1), Jercho (1), and the Cedars of Lebanon (1). Title from item, date devised by Libary staff. Prints measure 16.50 x 11.50 cm, are mounted on loose card boards and have captions and quotations from the Holy Bible. The portfolio is an original brown cloth decorated with a palm tree and a Palestinian lady in her traditional dress. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2014.0032 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i22677689 BIB-ID: 2409632 Show less
The cyclopean wall is actually a group of three horizontally lying giant stones (known as trilithon) which form part of the podium of the Roman... Show moreThe cyclopean wall is actually a group of three horizontally lying giant stones (known as trilithon) which form part of the podium of the Roman Jupiter temple of Baalbek. Title from item, date devised by Library staff. The photograph is titled, signed and numbered (467) on the negative. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0021-0004 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i24497198 BIB-ID: 2621521 Show less
Title from item. Date devised by library staff. The photograph is titled, signed "Bonfils" and numbered (402) in the negative. HC.HP.2016.0053-0059... Show moreTitle from item. Date devised by library staff. The photograph is titled, signed "Bonfils" and numbered (402) in the negative. HC.HP.2016.0053-0059 has a number in ink on the mount (66). Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0021-0005 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i2449723x BIB-ID: 2621522 Show less
Title from item, date devised by Library staff. The photograph is titled, signed and numbered (487) on the negative. Main Heritage Compact General HC... Show moreTitle from item, date devised by Library staff. The photograph is titled, signed and numbered (487) on the negative. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0021-0006 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i24497253 BIB-ID: 2621523 Show less
Title from item, date devised by Library staff. The photograph is titled, signed and numbered (487) on the negative. Main Heritage Compact General HC... Show moreTitle from item, date devised by Library staff. The photograph is titled, signed and numbered (487) on the negative. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0021-0007 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i24497277 BIB-ID: 2621526 Show less
Title from item, date devised by Library staff. The photograph is titled, signed and numbered (261) on the negative. Main Heritage Compact General HC... Show moreTitle from item, date devised by Library staff. The photograph is titled, signed and numbered (261) on the negative. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0021-0001 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i24497071 BIB-ID: 2621516 Show less
Title from item, date devised by Library staff. The photograph is titled, signed and numbered (420) on the negative. Main Heritage Compact General HC... Show moreTitle from item, date devised by Library staff. The photograph is titled, signed and numbered (420) on the negative. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0021-0003 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i24497149 BIB-ID: 2621520 Show less
The album collects classic views and scenes of Egypt produced by the most important photographic studios active in the Middle East at the end of... Show moreThe album collects classic views and scenes of Egypt produced by the most important photographic studios active in the Middle East at the end of the Nineteenth century. Title and date evised by Library staff. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2017.0021 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i24219812 BIB-ID: 2537361 Show less
Title from item. Date devised by library staff. The photograph is titled, signed "Bonfils" and numbered (255) in the negative. Main Heritage Compact... Show moreTitle from item. Date devised by library staff. The photograph is titled, signed "Bonfils" and numbered (255) in the negative. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2017.0106 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i2447051x BIB-ID: 2537298 Show less
Title from item. Date devised by library staff. The photograph is titled, signed "Bonfils" and numbered (298) in the negative.The print is pasted... Show moreTitle from item. Date devised by library staff. The photograph is titled, signed "Bonfils" and numbered (298) in the negative.The print is pasted on a sheet that was probably part of an album and has a manuscript title. On the verso of the sheet there are 6 more captioned pictures: "Nazareth"; "Self"; "Our baggage Mules"; Buying grapes on the road to Baalbek"; "In Palestine"; Market Place in Bethlehem". Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0053-0054 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i23413992 BIB-ID: 2501828 Show less
Photograph album showing women from Middle Eastern countries compiled in the later 19th century, probably by wealthy tourists. Photographs,... Show morePhotograph album showing women from Middle Eastern countries compiled in the later 19th century, probably by wealthy tourists. Photographs, produced by famous studios such as Bonfils, Brothers Zangaki, Peridis and Georgiladakis, show Muslim women in the traditional costumes of Egypt, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Sudan and other parts of the Ottoman Empire. There are also a few portraits of women representing religious minorities, such as the Jewish and Druze communities. Title and date devised by Library staff. Photographs are house in a contemporary full leather binding with simple gilt fillets to covers; gilt inner dentelle. All edges gilt. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2018.0199 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i24742624 BIB-ID: 2624730 Show less
Railroads--Design and construction, Railroads--Design and construction--Damascus (Syria)--Photographs
Title and date from item. The photographs is captioned and numbered (23) on the card mount. The print is signed in the negative. Inscribed on top... Show moreTitle and date from item. The photographs is captioned and numbered (23) on the card mount. The print is signed in the negative. Inscribed on top Chemin de fer de Beyrouth à Damas (Syrie). Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2018.0226-0002 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i2542547x BIB-ID: 2711176 Show less