Title and date from the item. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2018.0264-0018 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i25597413 BIB-ID: 2719579 Show moreTitle and date from the item. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2018.0264-0018 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i25597413 BIB-ID: 2719579 Show less
Title and date from the item. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2018.0264-0019 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i25597450 BIB-ID: 2719581 Show moreTitle and date from the item. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2018.0264-0019 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i25597450 BIB-ID: 2719581 Show less
Title from item, date devised by Library staff. Manuscript caption on the verso of the print. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0053-0099 2-D... Show moreTitle from item, date devised by Library staff. Manuscript caption on the verso of the print. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0053-0099 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26476927 BIB-ID: 2830251 Show less
The Colossi of Memnon. Title from item, date devised by Library staff. Manuscript caption on the mount. The print is signed "A. Beato" in the negative. ... Show moreThe Colossi of Memnon. Title from item, date devised by Library staff. Manuscript caption on the mount. The print is signed "A. Beato" in the negative. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0053-0031 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26474013 BIB-ID: 2830115 Show less
Large stone gateway inscribed with hieroglyphs surrounded by pieces of statues. Title and date from item. The photograph is inscribed in the... Show moreLarge stone gateway inscribed with hieroglyphs surrounded by pieces of statues. Title and date from item. The photograph is inscribed in the negative "Frith E No 52 1857". Signature and date on the mount "Frith.Photo.1857." Plate from the 1862 publication "Lower Egypt, Thebes, and The Pyramids". Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0053-0040 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26474876 BIB-ID: 2830157 Show less
Title from item, date devised by Library staff. Caption on the mount. The print is signed "A. Beato" in the negative. Main Heritage Compact General H... Show moreTitle from item, date devised by Library staff. Caption on the mount. The print is signed "A. Beato" in the negative. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0053-0032 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26474037 BIB-ID: 2830118 Show less
Mortuary Temple of Amenhotep III (Thebes, Egypt), Palms, Temples, Archaeological sites--Antiquities, Archaeological sites--Antiquities--Photographs
This photograph of the temple called "Pharaoh's Bed" or "Trajan's Kiosk" depicts the most iconic structure within the Philae complex, a popular... Show moreThis photograph of the temple called "Pharaoh's Bed" or "Trajan's Kiosk" depicts the most iconic structure within the Philae complex, a popular subject for mid- to late-19th century travel photographers. Beato depicts the Egyptian site from below so that the building emerges from a bed of palm trees and other plants in this fertile area on the Nile River. The photographer seems less interested in conveying information about the archaeological site than in offering an impression of the picturesque environment at Philae. Title from item, date devised by Library staff. Manuscript caption on the verso of the mount. The caption continues "[Philae] now known as Agilka". The print is signed "A. Beato" in the negative. On the verso of the HC.HP.2016.0053-0033b is pasted an albumen print by J. Pascal Sébah titled "Louqsor Colonnade du temple d'Amenhoteb" (Luxor, Columns of the Temple of Amenhotep III) , numbered "795" and signed in the negative "J.P.Sebah". Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0053-0033a 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26474451 BIB-ID: 2830137 Show less
Mortuary Temple of Amenhotep III (Thebes, Egypt), Palms, Temples, Archaeological sites--Antiquities, Archaeological sites--Antiquities--Photographs
This photograph of the temple called "Pharaoh's Bed" or "Trajan's Kiosk" depicts the most iconic structure within the Philae complex, a popular... Show moreThis photograph of the temple called "Pharaoh's Bed" or "Trajan's Kiosk" depicts the most iconic structure within the Philae complex, a popular subject for mid- to late-19th century travel photographers. Beato depicts the Egyptian site from below so that the building emerges from a bed of palm trees and other plants in this fertile area on the Nile River. The photographer seems less interested in conveying information about the archaeological site than in offering an impression of the picturesque environment at Philae. Title from item, date devised by Library staff. Manuscript caption on the verso of the mount. The caption continues "[Philae] now known as Agilka". The print is signed "A. Beato" in the negative. On the verso of the HC.HP.2016.0053-0033b is pasted an albumen print by J. Pascal Sébah titled "Louqsor Colonnade du temple d'Amenhoteb" (Luxor, Columns of the Temple of Amenhotep III) , numbered "795" and signed in the negative "J.P.Sebah". Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0053-0033b 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26474529 BIB-ID: 2830137 Show less
Saud , 1902-1969, Truman, Harry S , 1884-1972, Harry S. Truman Library., Foreign relations
The album, prepared by the American public relations agengy Sessions & Caminita is a photographic account of the visit of the Crown Prince Saud of... Show moreThe album, prepared by the American public relations agengy Sessions & Caminita is a photographic account of the visit of the Crown Prince Saud of Saudi Arabia and his delegation to the United States, at the invitation of President Truman, between January and February 1947. Photographs document the Crown Prince meetings with congressmen and senators as well as his visits to various sites such as factories, schools, and universities in different states, namely the State of Washington, Kansas, Texas, and California. During this visit, Crown Prince Saud of Saudi Arabia was awarded with the Legion of Merit for the service Saudi Arabia rendered to the cause of the Allies during World War II. Title and date from item. The album has green wrappers and it is spiral bounded. Each photograph is captioned and of mounted on card, recto and verso. Typewritten text on endpaper "This photographic production designed and prepared by Sessions & Caminita Washington, D. C.". cover is mentioned the name of Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.14509 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i10239340 BIB-ID: 1025570 More photographs and documents related to this visit can be found at the Harry S. Truman Library & Museum Show less
Bristow, Ernest , 1873–1968, Lowther, Gerard , 1858-1916, World War, 1914-1918, Armies, Families of military personnel
Three family albums complied by a British political agent or representative during while serving in different countries in the East, including... Show moreThree family albums complied by a British political agent or representative during while serving in different countries in the East, including Morocco, Zanzibar and Iran. Photographs document the life of the family and more generally the one of wealthy British expatriate communities in the Middle East. The first album contains 546 photographs taken in Tangiers, Fez and Zanzibar between 1901 and 1907. The second one has 427 photographs taken in Tangiers between 1908 and 1912. Many pictures consist of portraits of family and friends, mostly taken during social gatherings, such as parades, consulate parties, tea times, cricket, tennis and polo matches, picnics, weddings, hunting and horse-riding excursions and visits to touristic sites. Some images document holidays in Europe and travels by sea, while others portray the albums’ owners in their colonial homes showing living rooms, photographic collections, and gardens. There are some portraits of Western women in Oriental dresses. Most of the photographs are group portraits and include Western expatriates as well as local dignitaries and acquaintances. Names of people portrayed are often written under the photographs, among them British diplomats Sir Gerard Augustus Lowther and Vice-Consul Ernest Bristow. Images also document royal personalities, such as the Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany (r. 1888-1918) during his 1905 visit to Morocco and Prince Henry of Prussia, while in Zanzibar in 1907. The albums include some opera books and newspaper cuttings (The Zanzibar Gazette) related to social happenings among the British expatriate community. The third album houses 676 photographs taken between 1912 and 1917, mostly in Iran - namely in Rasht, Tehran, Isfahan, Persepolis, Gulhek and Shiraz - between 1912 and 1917. There are also some pictures related to Istanbul, Basra, and Baku. The last part of the third album is devoted to the military and political presence of the British legation in Iran during WWI, with some photographs of Prince Abdol-Hossein Farman Farma (Prince Firman in the album), at that time General Governor of Shiraz and a renowned Anglophile. The album contains stamps of British divisions, such as the 22nd Cavalry (Frontier Force), the South Persia Rifles, the 124th Duchess of Connaught's Own Baluchistan Infantry, the 15th Lancers (Cureton's Multanis). Title and date devised by Library staff. Prints are mounted recto & verso, with inscriptions. In cloth or half morocco albums. Included is a full page of The Times, dated 5 January 1931, with an illustrated map of Persia advertising the activities of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2020.0020.01 2-D Graphic 1 Item-ID: i26118336 BIB-ID: 2745828 Show less
Bristow, Ernest , 1873–1968, Lowther, Gerard , 1858-1916, World War, 1914-1918, Armies, Families of military personnel
Three family albums complied by a British political agent or representative during while serving in different countries in the East, including... Show moreThree family albums complied by a British political agent or representative during while serving in different countries in the East, including Morocco, Zanzibar and Iran. Photographs document the life of the family and more generally the one of wealthy British expatriate communities in the Middle East. The first album contains 546 photographs taken in Tangiers, Fez and Zanzibar between 1901 and 1907. The second one has 427 photographs taken in Tangiers between 1908 and 1912. Many pictures consist of portraits of family and friends, mostly taken during social gatherings, such as parades, consulate parties, tea times, cricket, tennis and polo matches, picnics, weddings, hunting and horse-riding excursions and visits to touristic sites. Some images document holidays in Europe and travels by sea, while others portray the albums’ owners in their colonial homes showing living rooms, photographic collections, and gardens. There are some portraits of Western women in Oriental dresses. Most of the photographs are group portraits and include Western expatriates as well as local dignitaries and acquaintances. Names of people portrayed are often written under the photographs, among them British diplomats Sir Gerard Augustus Lowther and Vice-Consul Ernest Bristow. Images also document royal personalities, such as the Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany (r. 1888-1918) during his 1905 visit to Morocco and Prince Henry of Prussia, while in Zanzibar in 1907. The albums include some opera books and newspaper cuttings (The Zanzibar Gazette) related to social happenings among the British expatriate community. The third album houses 676 photographs taken between 1912 and 1917, mostly in Iran - namely in Rasht, Tehran, Isfahan, Persepolis, Gulhek and Shiraz - between 1912 and 1917. There are also some pictures related to Istanbul, Basra, and Baku. The last part of the third album is devoted to the military and political presence of the British legation in Iran during WWI, with some photographs of Prince Abdol-Hossein Farman Farma (Prince Firman in the album), at that time General Governor of Shiraz and a renowned Anglophile. The album contains stamps of British divisions, such as the 22nd Cavalry (Frontier Force), the South Persia Rifles, the 124th Duchess of Connaught's Own Baluchistan Infantry, the 15th Lancers (Cureton's Multanis). Title and date devised by Library staff. Prints are mounted recto & verso, with inscriptions. In cloth or half morocco albums. Included is a full page of The Times, dated 5 January 1931, with an illustrated map of Persia advertising the activities of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2020.0020.02 2-D Graphic 2 Item-ID: i26118348 BIB-ID: 2745828 Show less
Bristow, Ernest , 1873–1968, Lowther, Gerard , 1858-1916, World War, 1914-1918, Armies, Families of military personnel
Three family albums complied by a British political agent or representative during while serving in different countries in the East, including... Show moreThree family albums complied by a British political agent or representative during while serving in different countries in the East, including Morocco, Zanzibar and Iran. Photographs document the life of the family and more generally the one of wealthy British expatriate communities in the Middle East. The first album contains 546 photographs taken in Tangiers, Fez and Zanzibar between 1901 and 1907. The second one has 427 photographs taken in Tangiers between 1908 and 1912. Many pictures consist of portraits of family and friends, mostly taken during social gatherings, such as parades, consulate parties, tea times, cricket, tennis and polo matches, picnics, weddings, hunting and horse-riding excursions and visits to touristic sites. Some images document holidays in Europe and travels by sea, while others portray the albums’ owners in their colonial homes showing living rooms, photographic collections, and gardens. There are some portraits of Western women in Oriental dresses. Most of the photographs are group portraits and include Western expatriates as well as local dignitaries and acquaintances. Names of people portrayed are often written under the photographs, among them British diplomats Sir Gerard Augustus Lowther and Vice-Consul Ernest Bristow. Images also document royal personalities, such as the Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany (r. 1888-1918) during his 1905 visit to Morocco and Prince Henry of Prussia, while in Zanzibar in 1907. The albums include some opera books and newspaper cuttings (The Zanzibar Gazette) related to social happenings among the British expatriate community. The third album houses 676 photographs taken between 1912 and 1917, mostly in Iran - namely in Rasht, Tehran, Isfahan, Persepolis, Gulhek and Shiraz - between 1912 and 1917. There are also some pictures related to Istanbul, Basra, and Baku. The last part of the third album is devoted to the military and political presence of the British legation in Iran during WWI, with some photographs of Prince Abdol-Hossein Farman Farma (Prince Firman in the album), at that time General Governor of Shiraz and a renowned Anglophile. The album contains stamps of British divisions, such as the 22nd Cavalry (Frontier Force), the South Persia Rifles, the 124th Duchess of Connaught's Own Baluchistan Infantry, the 15th Lancers (Cureton's Multanis). Title and date devised by Library staff. Prints are mounted recto & verso, with inscriptions. In cloth or half morocco albums. Included is a full page of The Times, dated 5 January 1931, with an illustrated map of Persia advertising the activities of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2020.0020.03 2-D Graphic 3 Item-ID: i2611835x BIB-ID: 2745828 Show less
Great Britain. Ordnance Survey., Natural history, Natural history--Egypt, Surveys
Photograph album collecting views of Sinai taken by Sergeant James McDonald, photographer and member of the Royal Engineers. He was part to the... Show morePhotograph album collecting views of Sinai taken by Sergeant James McDonald, photographer and member of the Royal Engineers. He was part to the 1868-169 scientific expedition lead of Charles Wilson (1836-1905), appointed by the Ordnance Survey (OS) - the national mapping agency for Great Britain. James McDonald had taken an important series of architectural studies of Jerusalem in 1864, as part of an earlier Ordnance Survey expedition. During the expedition to Sinai, McDonald produced at least 264 listed photographs, although only 153 were published in the three volumes of the official account of the survey. The additional photographs not included in these volumes could be purchased separately at the Ordnance Survey Office in Southampton. In addition to his known landscapes, McDonald made a number of portraits and type studies of Bedouins and inhabitants of St. Catherine Convent in Sinai. Distant View of Jebel Serbal from the Palm Grove, Wadi Feiran ; Jebel Serbal (probably Mount Paran) from right bank of Wady Aleyat ; Jebel Serbal from the Upper Palms in Wadi Aleijat ; View from Summit of Jebel Serbal, looking North Ras Sufsafeh from North-Eastern End of the Plain Er Rahah ; View from Summit of Jebel Serbal, looking North-east. Desert of El Tih in distance ; Ras Sufsafeh from the Plain Er Rahah ; Plain of Er Rahah from base of Ras Sufsafeh ; Plain of Er Rahah from Cleft of Ras Sufsafeh ; Aaron’s Hill with Jebel Sona in the background ; Ras Sufsafeh from Wady ed Deir ; Jebel Musa from Aaron’s Hill with Camp of Ordnance Survey. Party [sic], November 21st 1868 ; Jebel Musa- Sufsafeh and Wady ed Deir from Aaaron’s Hill ; Gardens of Convent St. Katherine and Plain Er Rahah ; Wady ed Deir and Convent of St. Katherine with Plain Er Rahah ; Convent St. Katherine, Jebel Musa ; Summit of Jebel Musa from ed Deir with solitary Cypress ; The Cypress and Elijah’s Chapel with summit Jebel Musa ; Moses’ Well, Jebel Musa ; Summit of Jebel Musa from Ras Sufsafeh ; Wady Sebaiyeh from summit of Jebel Musa ; Jebel ed Deir from summit of Jebel Musa ; West View from the Olive Grove of the Convent El Arbain. Title and date devised by Library staff. The album is housed in a 19th-century blue half-calf, gilt by the bookbinder Edmund Worrall of Birmingham (with his ticket on front pastedown) and it has an upper cover lettered in gilt. The album includes 23 pages and 2 folding panoramas backed on linen. Each photograph is captioned on the mount in ink. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2014.0034 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i22678219 BIB-ID: 2409658 Show less
Title and date devised by Library staff. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0053-0107 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26390620 BIB-ID: 2818080 Show moreTitle and date devised by Library staff. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0053-0107 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26390620 BIB-ID: 2818080 Show less
Title from item, date devised by Library staff. Manuscript caption on the mount. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0053-0108 2-D Graphic Item-ID... Show moreTitle from item, date devised by Library staff. Manuscript caption on the mount. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0053-0108 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26390577 BIB-ID: 2818074 Show less
Anglo-Persian Oil Company., HistoryBritish Petroleum Company, Petroleum industry and trade--History, Petroleum industry and trade--History--Iran
The page features an advertisement published for the Anglo-Persian Oil Company and British Petroleum. With an illustrated map of “Persia Ancient... Show moreThe page features an advertisement published for the Anglo-Persian Oil Company and British Petroleum. With an illustrated map of “Persia Ancient and Modern”, described as “a pleasing map of Persia, setting forth her ancient history and her modern industry-with special note of the ANGLO PERSIAN OIL Company and its operations”. Under the map comes a text describing the activities of the oil companies in Persia, “gateway of the East and a cradle of civilization”, where “[…] railways and motor roads run where Alexander and his armies trod […]”. Title and date from item. Page xxiv. Map is signed "MANN". Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2020.0020.03-0001 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26582296 BIB-ID: 2832915 Show less
Description and travel, Description and travel--Pictorial works
Collection of views of Palestine and Lebanon by the British politician, writer, traveller and patron of the arts Francis Egerton, Earl of... Show moreCollection of views of Palestine and Lebanon by the British politician, writer, traveller and patron of the arts Francis Egerton, Earl of Ellesmere (1800-57). The attribution of these plates is established by a note in the British Library copy, which also contains a letter from Egerton referring to "my lithographs", which he obviously presented as gifts to friends. The first plate alone is signed: "F. E. del.t. G. Hawkins Lith.". Lord and Lady Francis spent the winter and spring of 1839-40 travelling in the Mediterranean, mostly aboard Lord Francis's own yacht. Lady Francis (Harriet Catherine née Greville, a great-great-granddaughter of the 5th Baron Brooke) published her account of the tour in 1841 (Abbey Travel, no. 384), containing four lithographs, two of which are reproduced in the present collection in larger size. The date is taken from the date of presentation (1846) in the BL copy. Title from item, date devised by Library staff. 13 tinted lithographed plates, including 7 proofs before letters and some with printed captions, first plate signed 'F. E. del., G. Hawkins lith'. Modern half red morocco gilt, green marbled boards, red morocco title label on front cover. Main Heritage Compact General HC.GM.2013.0012 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i22645263 BIB-ID: 2409061 Show less
Ḥusaynī, Amīn al- (Muḥammad Amīn) , ca1893-1974, Weizmann, Chaim , 1874-1952, Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry on Jewish Problems in Palestine and Europe., Palestine--History, Palestine--History--20th century
The album shows the activities of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry during their three-week tour in Palestine. Photographs depict its members... Show moreThe album shows the activities of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry during their three-week tour in Palestine. Photographs depict its members and testimonials, as the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem Amin al-Husseini, the President of the Zionist Organization Chaim Weizmann, and relevant British and American officials. Images comprise landscapes and images of Arabs and Jewish settlements visited by the Committee during their hearings and interviews of the different parties. The Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry (AAC) comprised six Americans and six British. Judge Joseph Hutcheson was the American chairman. He was joined by Frank Aydelotte, William Phillips, Frank Buxton, James G. McDonald, and Bartley Crum. The British part was chaired by Sir John Singleton, with the remaining members being Lord Morrison, Sir Frederick Leggett, Wilfrid Crick, Reginald Manningham-Buller, and Richard Crossman. The committee was established in 1946 to “hear the views of competent witnesses and to consult representative Arabs and Jews on the problems of Palestine", as stated in the Report of the Anglo-American Committee of Enquiry Regarding the Problems of European Jewry and Palestine. The committee toured widely to weigh the views of many different parties. The itinerary included: hearing official government policies in Washington, D.C., and London; Vienna, where they visited a Displaced Persons camp and interviewed Holocaust survivors; Cairo, where they heard Arab sentiments and interviewed the Grand Mufti and three weeks in Palestine, with visits to Jewish and Arab areas, and testimonial hearings with Jewish, Arab, and British officials; finally retiring to Lausanne to debate and draft their findings. Title and date from item. Photographs size approximately 114 x 173 mm. With original publisher’s blue cloth with gilt title on upper cover. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0106 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i2386090x BIB-ID: 2537101 Show less
Shalmaneser , active 9th century B.C, Bas-relief, Bas-relief--Assyria, Gates, Gates--Assyria, Antiquities
Collection of photographs of of bronze doors discovered in 1878 in Iraq by Hormuzd Rassam. These remarkable archaeological finds are on display at... Show moreCollection of photographs of of bronze doors discovered in 1878 in Iraq by Hormuzd Rassam. These remarkable archaeological finds are on display at the British Museum in London, and primarily represent hunting scenes and battles The Balawat Gates were three sets of gates from Balawat or Imgur-Enlil, an ancient outpost of the Assyrian Empire. The greater part of the gates had decayed and deteriorated over time, leaving behind a unique collection of inscribed bronze bands that describe the exploits and lives of the Assyrian Kings. The gates at the British Museum were discovered in 1878 by a local archaeologist Hormuzd Rassam, the first Assyrian archaeologist. By the time of their discovery, the wood had already rotted away and only remnants of the decorated bronze bands remained. The eight bands on each door would have been over 285 feet long in total and they decorated and strengthened the outer face and the door post. The other set of the gates is in the Mosul Museum. Small sections of the Shalmaneser bronze door bands are also at the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore and in the Istanbul Archaeological Museums. translated by Theo G. Pinches. Title from item, date devised by Library staff. Average size of the prints is 27 × 37 cm, size of the sheets 51.5 × 35 cm. Appendix volume of the work "'The bronze ornaments of the palace gates of Balawat (Shalmaneser II, B.C. 859-825) edited, with an introduction by Walter de Gray Birch ; with descriptions and translations by Theophilus G. Pinches". Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2015.0001 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i22798262 BIB-ID: 1951249 Show less
Photographs show reproductions of miniatures of maharajas, the Taj Mahal, the Akbar's tomb and the Pearl Mosque (Moti Masjid) in Agra, snake... Show morePhotographs show reproductions of miniatures of maharajas, the Taj Mahal, the Akbar's tomb and the Pearl Mosque (Moti Masjid) in Agra, snake charmers, cremations in Varanasi, views of Delhi, sweepers women from southern India, views of Kanpur, a fakir, a devadasi - young girls who get dedicated as servants (dasi) of the god (deva) for the rest of their lives -. Some of the photographs are signed M.L. Shugan Chand, Delhi. Title and date devised by Library staff. Some photographs have manuscript captions on the mount. Inde, c. 1910. Reproductions de miniatures (Maharadjas). Le Taj Mahal. Tombe d'Akbar. Pearl Mosque. Charmeurs de serpents. Bénarès. Crémations. Dehli. Danses. Balayeuses du Sud de l'Inde. Kanpur. Fakir. Devadâsî. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2013.0016 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i2197925x BIB-ID: 2352607 Show less