Title from item, date devised by Library staff. The photograph is titled, numbered (408) and signed on the negative but these last are no more visible., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.2017.0104, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i24470326, BIB-ID: 2537296

The photograph portrays a sāīs (سايس). This traditional term refers to those handymen workers who were originally responsible for the care of horses and donkeys but that were also employed as guards and messengers. The French word coureur means in fact runner. The man photographed in a typical ...

The photograph portrays the man with a hookah, in front of a backdrop recreating a kind of idyllic rural scene., Title from item, date devised by Libray staff. The photograph is captioned and numbered (626) in the negative., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.2016.0053-0069, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: ...

Title from item, date devised by Library staff. The photograph is numbered (227), signed ("H. Arnoux Port Said") and titled in the negative., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.2017.0088, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i24469609, BIB-ID: 2537280

Between 1815 and 1822, the French explorer Frédéric Cailliaud documented the artworks and texts he found in the major archaeological sites of Egypt and Sudan. Among the multitude of tomb paintings, he focused on recording practical aspects of daily life, such as this depiction of artisans refining ...

It collects views of sites in Palestine and Syria, including expeditions westerners made with Bedouins. With picturesque views of pre-historic sites, various mosques and churches, and scenes of local inhabitants., Title from item, date devised by Library staff. Most of the photographs are signed, nu ...

The photograph shows the statue of Ramses II statue in Memphis., Title from item, date devised by Library staff. The photograph is titled, signed and numbered (643) in the negative., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.2017.0144, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i24473686, BIB-ID: 2537352

Plates include views of Constantinople and its surroudings, some costume subjects and, curiously enough, various forms of Turkish transport by Jean Brindesi, an Italian painter who worked primarily as a watercolour artist in Istanbul, during the Abdul-Majid period (1831-1861). He worked on scenes in ...

The photograph shows one of the short sides of the sarcophagus, adorned with bas-relief carvings, depicting the Persian governor reclined on the throne, transmitting orders before the departure of a coachman., Title from item, date and author devised by Library staff. The photograph is titled and nu ...

The photograph shows one of the long sides of the sarcophagus, adorned with bas-relief carvings, depicting Alexander the Great routing the Persians during the Battle of Issus., Title from item, date and author devised by Library staff. The photograph is titled in the negative. In this print the orig ...

The photograph shows one of the long sides of the sarcophagus, adorned with bas-relief carvings, depicting Alexander and the Macedonians hunting lions., Title from item, date and author devised by Library staff. The photograph is titled in the negative. In this print the original background has been ...