Women, Women--Middle East--Pictorial works, Prayers (Islam), Prayers (Islam)--Pictorial works
Title from item, date devised by Library staff. Written on the front of the card "Villa Victoria. Cairo 17.12.99 These ladies come loaded with good... Show moreTitle from item, date devised by Library staff. Written on the front of the card "Villa Victoria. Cairo 17.12.99 These ladies come loaded with good wishes from Christmas and the New Year. The gentlemen in the side are praying for our welfare! Yours H.G.". Written on the back of the card: [Addressed to: ] Miss Muagham. Molyneux Park, Tunbridge Well s. England." Main Heritage Display General HC.HP.2016.0089-0006 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i23703143 BIB-ID: 2524729 Show less
Scientific expeditions, Scientific expeditions--Asia, Central
The collection documents the expedition made by Henry René d'Allemagne, archivist and paleographist at the Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal in Paris, to... Show moreThe collection documents the expedition made by Henry René d'Allemagne, archivist and paleographist at the Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal in Paris, to Central Asia and Turkestan, on behalf of the French Ministry of Education, in 1898. The mission—touching Kiev, Odessa, Vladikavkaz, Tbilisi, Baku, Krasnovodsk (today Türkmenbaşy) and the cities along the railway connecting Ashgabat to Bukhara and Samarkand—was intended to survey ancient monuments in Transcaspia and Turkestan. Photographs include views of the above-mentioned cities, pictures of the Ulugbek Madrasa, Kyrgyz yurts and more traditional architectures; portraits of Caucasian type, Russian soldiers and Turkmen riders. Title from item, date devised by Library staff. Glass plates are conserved in the original box titled "Positifs sur verre. Voyage au Turkestan". Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0030 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i23116298 BIB-ID: 2450670 Gorshenina, Svetlana. Explorateurs En Asie Centrale: Voyageurs Et Aventuriers De Marco Polo À Ella Maillart. Genève: Olizane, 2003, p. 303. Show less
Title and date devised by Library staff. The plates is numbered (68) in the negative. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0030-0009 2-D Graphic It... Show moreTitle and date devised by Library staff. The plates is numbered (68) in the negative. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0030-0009 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i25418853 BIB-ID: 2710922 Show less