The Algerian artist Baya Mahieddine was self-taught, and her distinctive aesthetic influenced Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse. Women, color and... Show moreThe Algerian artist Baya Mahieddine was self-taught, and her distinctive aesthetic influenced Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse. Women, color and Mediterranean light are key recurring elements in her work, which is populated by fantastic creatures recalling those in the beloved classics of Islamic literature: the Shahnameh, Kalila Wa Dimna and the One Thousand and One Nights. The item is signed and dated. Title devised by Library staff. Main Heritage Display General HC.GM.2018.0002 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i24902160 BIB-ID: 2608256 Show less
Women, Women--Africa, North--Pictorial works, Peasants, Peasants--Africa, North, Clothing and dress, Clothing and dress--Bedouins
Plate from the book "Narrative of a Ten Years' Residence at Tripoli in Africa: from the Original Correspondence in the Possession of the Family of... Show morePlate from the book "Narrative of a Ten Years' Residence at Tripoli in Africa: from the Original Correspondence in the Possession of the Family of the late Richard Tully, Esq." (British Consul in Tripoli from 1783 to 1793) printed in London by Henry Colburn in 1817. Title from item, date devised by Library staff. Main Heritage Compact General HC.GM.00011 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i25297727 BIB-ID: 2707655 Show less
Title from item, date devised by Library staff. The photograph is numbered (N. 12003 and 1113) and titled on the negative in Cyrillic at the... Show moreTitle from item, date devised by Library staff. The photograph is numbered (N. 12003 and 1113) and titled on the negative in Cyrillic at the bottom of the print. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0040-0001 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26314885 BIB-ID: 2811014 Show less
Title from item, date devised by Library staff. The photograph is numbered (N. 12003 and 1113) and titled on the negative in Cyrillic at the... Show moreTitle from item, date devised by Library staff. The photograph is numbered (N. 12003 and 1113) and titled on the negative in Cyrillic at the bottom of the print. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0033-0002 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26313492 BIB-ID: 2810909 Show less
Title from item, date devised by Library staff. The photograph is numbered (N. 14786 and 1486) and titled on the negative in Cyrillic at the... Show moreTitle from item, date devised by Library staff. The photograph is numbered (N. 14786 and 1486) and titled on the negative in Cyrillic at the bottom of the print. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0033-0003 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26313509 BIB-ID: 2810910 Show less
Title from item, date devised by Library staff. The photograph is numbered (13191 and 1268) and titled on the negative in Cyrillic at the bottom... Show moreTitle from item, date devised by Library staff. The photograph is numbered (13191 and 1268) and titled on the negative in Cyrillic at the bottom of the print. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0040-0003a 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26315129 BIB-ID: 2811033 Show less
Title from item, date devised by Library staff. The photograph is numbered (13191 and 1268) and titled on the negative in Cyrillic at the bottom... Show moreTitle from item, date devised by Library staff. The photograph is numbered (13191 and 1268) and titled on the negative in Cyrillic at the bottom of the print. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0040-0003b 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26315130 BIB-ID: 2811033 Show less
Title from item, date devised by Library staff. The photograph is numbered (13242 and 1319) and titled on the negative in Cyrillic at the bottom... Show moreTitle from item, date devised by Library staff. The photograph is numbered (13242 and 1319) and titled on the negative in Cyrillic at the bottom of the print. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0040-0004 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26315154 BIB-ID: 2811034 Show less
Title from item, date devised by Library staff. The photograph is numbered (N.7024 and 661) and titled on the negative in Cyrillic at the bottom... Show moreTitle from item, date devised by Library staff. The photograph is numbered (N.7024 and 661) and titled on the negative in Cyrillic at the bottom of the print. On the negative is also written "Татарка N. 184" in cursive. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0040-0005 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26315178 BIB-ID: 2811037 Show less
Title from item, date devised by Library staff. The photograph is numbered (N. 306 and 5401) and titled on the negative in Cyrillic at the bottom... Show moreTitle from item, date devised by Library staff. The photograph is numbered (N. 306 and 5401) and titled on the negative in Cyrillic at the bottom of the print. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0040-0006 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26315191 BIB-ID: 2811038 Show less
Title from item, date devised by Library staff. The photograph is numbered (13184 and 1261) and titled on the negative in Cyrillic at the bottom... Show moreTitle from item, date devised by Library staff. The photograph is numbered (13184 and 1261) and titled on the negative in Cyrillic at the bottom of the print. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0040-0002 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26315105 BIB-ID: 2811032 Show less
Title and date devised by Library staff. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0033-0007 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26314526 BIB-ID: 2810989 Show moreTitle and date devised by Library staff. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0033-0007 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26314526 BIB-ID: 2810989 Show less
Title and date devised by Library staff. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0040-0008 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26318891 BIB-ID: 2811338 Show moreTitle and date devised by Library staff. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0040-0008 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26318891 BIB-ID: 2811338 Show less
Title from item, date devised by Library staff. The photograph is numbered (13888, 1196) and titled on the negative in Cyrillic at the bottom of... Show moreTitle from item, date devised by Library staff. The photograph is numbered (13888, 1196) and titled on the negative in Cyrillic at the bottom of the print. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2013.0018-0027 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26353969 BIB-ID: 2813898 Show less
Women, Women--Asia, Central--Portraits, Mausoleums, Mausoleums--Uzbekistan--Photographs, Islamic architecture, Islamic architecture--Asia, Central
Title and date devised by Library staff. Main Heritage Display General HC.HP.2013.0014-0001 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i21978700 BIB-ID: 2352573 Show moreTitle and date devised by Library staff. Main Heritage Display General HC.HP.2013.0014-0001 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i21978700 BIB-ID: 2352573 Show less
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
Title from item, date devised by Library staff. The postcard was printed in Great Britain for the Aden-based publisher A. R. Fernandez. Main... Show moreTitle from item, date devised by Library staff. The postcard was printed in Great Britain for the Aden-based publisher A. R. Fernandez. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2012.0003-0002 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i23706284 BIB-ID: 2525758 Show less
The photograph shows a Yemeni woman in traditional dress. Title form item. Date devised by Library staff. The postcard was printed in Nancy (France)... Show moreThe photograph shows a Yemeni woman in traditional dress. Title form item. Date devised by Library staff. The postcard was printed in Nancy (France) by the Imprimeries réunies for the Aden-based publisher K. Arabiantz. The postcard is stamped with a 1 piastre Ottoman postmark on the front and has handwritten notes on the verso, addressed to a woman living in Ville Neuve in France. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2012.0003-0003 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i23706296 BIB-ID: 2525759 Show less
With a chapter for children. By Rev. Henry Harris Jessup. Edited by Rev. C.S. Robinson, D.D., & Rev. Isaac Riley. Main Heritage Compact General HQ177... Show moreWith a chapter for children. By Rev. Henry Harris Jessup. Edited by Rev. C.S. Robinson, D.D., & Rev. Isaac Riley. Main Heritage Compact General HQ1777 .J47 1873 Book Item-ID: i10228792 BIB-ID: 1024515 Show less
Women, Women--Portraits, Brides--Islamic clothing and dress, Brides--Islamic clothing and dress--Mecca (Saudi Arabia), Eunuchs, Children, Household employees, Manners and customs, Manners and customs--Jiddah (Saudi Arabia)
Collection of four full-length portraits of women from Mecca and Jeddah. On of the portraits is attributed to the Austrian Orientalist explorer... Show moreCollection of four full-length portraits of women from Mecca and Jeddah. On of the portraits is attributed to the Austrian Orientalist explorer Siegfried Langer, who did extensive research in the Arabian Peninsula and Yemen and whose travel reports made valuable contributions to the study of inscriptions in Southern Arabia. The remaining photographs were taken in Mecca and Jeddah, between 1885 and 1887, by Snouck Hurgronje and by the Meccan doctor and photographer al-Sayyid ʻAbd al-Ghaffar (active in 1880s). The negatives had handwork applied. Two of the photographs were taken in a courtyard-like space with foliage and pots visible in the background. Title and date from item. Plate no. 25 in Bilder-Atlas zu Mekka (Haag : Martinus Nijhoff, 1888-1889). The plate is numbered (XXV) and each collotype is titled in German under the image. Main Heritage Display General HC.HP.02074-0025 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i23465104 BIB-ID: 2831628 Show less