Collection of Carte de visite with portraits of people from Georgia and the Caucasus. Six photographs are anonymous, five of them are framed in red... Show moreCollection of Carte de visite with portraits of people from Georgia and the Caucasus. Six photographs are anonymous, five of them are framed in red and titled "Visites". One photograph by the Georgian-Armenian pioneer photographer Vladimir Barkanov, with his studio stamp on the back of the print. One picture from the Studio Orlay de Karwa with its stamp on the verso of the print. Four photographs by Dimitri Ermakov with embossed seal and inventory numbers (80, 207, 168, and 25). Most of the photographs are studio portraits of Georgian men and women in traditional dresses, such as Gurian and Imeretians. Title from item, date devised by Library staff. Some prints are numbered, signed and stamped. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0039 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i23128239 BIB-ID: 2451002 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
Sugar plantations, Sugar plantations--Egypt, Canals, Villages, People
The album collects views of Egypt, landscapes, village scenes, antiquities, and portraits. Photographs include views of canals and bridges along... Show moreThe album collects views of Egypt, landscapes, village scenes, antiquities, and portraits. Photographs include views of canals and bridges along the Nile, sugarcane harvest, markets, palm groves, Ismail Pasha's palace, temples, sugar factories, mosques, cemeteries, and boats. Pictures show also local people such as farmers, sellers, hairdressers. The album includes group portraits of the owner of the album during visits to temples and tennis clubs. Places mentioned include Nag Hammadi, Abydos, Luxor, Cairo, Al Hawamdia, and Asyut. Some of the pictures, essentially the ones captioned in the negatives, were taken by professional photographers, whereas those without captions were probably done by an amateur, presumably the owner of the album, a Dutch officer. It was during the reign of Ismail Pasha, in 1900 that the first sugar factory started in Upper Egypt. The Dutch officer might have been involved in the sugarcane manufacturing expansion. Les vendeurs de grenades (Haute Égypte) -- Bords du Nile. Laveuses -- Le Pont de Nag Hamadi (Haute Égypte) -- Kaanalsluis -- Het dorp Derb -- Kaanal en dorp bij de fabriek -- Oude moskee -- La coupe des cannes (Haute Égypte) -- Devant un village dans la Haute Égypte -- Rietserkoop ouder Arabieren -- Sur le Nil - La Dahabieh égyptienne -- Spoorwegbrug de Nag Hamadi -- In den tempel de Abydos -- Trolley -- Voor den tempel de Abydos -- In den tempel de Dauderah -- Voor den tempel de Dauderah -- Wachterswoning de Dauderah -- Woestijnzand -- Cookboot : Ramses III -- Un enterrement indigène (Haute Égypte) -- Palmen bij Hawamdieh -- Temple de Luxor - Colonnades -- Beeld van Ramses te Luxor -- Luxor. Vue du temple --Arme fellah -- Le Caire. Le palais d’Ismaïl Pacha -- Assiout. Une place publique -- Opgehangen -- Tennis -- Tennis club -- Fabriek -- Nag Hamadi. Une embarcation indigène -- Un coiffeur public (Haute Égypte) -- Gaarkeuken -- Kerkhof. Title from item. Date devised by Library staff. Some photographs are captioned and numbered on the negative in French and all of them have hand-written titles in Dutch. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2017.0020 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i24219642 BIB-ID: 2537360 Show less