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 ...

Title and date devised by Library staff. Plate number 141., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.2013.0001-0041, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i21939883, BIB-ID: 2345471

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 ...

Probably Sebah & Joaillier (active between 1860 and 1890 CE). This portrait is a typical orientalist representation of “the veiled Turkish lady,” a longstanding popular subject with commercial photographers. This type of dress and face cover was adopted by upper-class women all over the Otto ...

Title and date devised by Library staff., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.2016.0040-0007, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i26316997, BIB-ID: 2811182

Title and date devised by Library staff., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.2016.0033-0008, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i26314678, BIB-ID: 2810999

Title and date devised by Library staff. Plate number 157., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.2013.0001-0057, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i21953491, BIB-ID: 2346526

Title and date devised by Library staff. Plate number 151., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.2013.0001-0051, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i21953181, BIB-ID: 2346513

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 ...