Allenby, Edmund Henry Hynman , 1861-1936, World War, 1914-1918, World War, 1914-1918--Arab countries--Photographs
The photograph is likely to be an enlarged still of the film "General Allenby's Entry into Jerusalem". The photograph captures the proclamation of... Show moreThe photograph is likely to be an enlarged still of the film "General Allenby's Entry into Jerusalem". The photograph captures the proclamation of martial law declared by General Allenby after his entry in Jerusalem. In the picture, standing with Allenby at the steps of the Tower of David, or the Citadel, near the Jaffa Gate, a guard of honor of English, Welsh, Scottish, Indian, Australian, and New Zealand troops. The ceremony was attended also by other international representatives such as Brigadier-General W.M. Borton, Lt.-Col. P. de Piepape and Lt.-Col. F. D'Agostino (heads of the French and Italian contingents), Lt.-Col. Lord Dalmeny, Lt.-Col. A.P. Wavell, the French High Commissioner, M. Picot, Louis Matignon, Major T.E. Lawrence, Major General L.J. Bols, Lt.-General Sir P. Chetwode and Brigadier-General G.P. Dawnay. After having dismounted and entered the city on foot as a sign of respect, the General, issued this famous proclamation, worded exactly as transmitted by the Government and read to the population in Arabic, Hebrew, English, French, Italian, Greek, and Russian. from. This act was conceived in deliberate contrast to the perceived arrogance of the Kaiser's entry into Jerusalem on horseback in 1898. This historical moment was part of the Sinai and Palestine Campaign during WWI. Title and date devised by Library staff. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.25166 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i15639812 BIB-ID: 1011230 McKernan, L. "The Supreme moment of the War: General Allenby's entry into Jerusalem" (Historical Journal of Film Radio and Television; 1993, vol.13, no.2, pp.169-180) The film "General Allenby's Entry into Jerusalem" was produced by the War Office Cinema Committee in 1918 and is held at the Imperial War Museum (ID: IWM 13) Show less
Caption title: History of modern Jerusalem. Spine title: Village and family library. 6. Modern Jerusalem. The Village and family library no. 1 was... Show moreCaption title: History of modern Jerusalem. Spine title: Village and family library. 6. Modern Jerusalem. The Village and family library no. 1 was listed in American Sunday-School Union catalogues from Jan. 1848 to July 1860. Note on verso t.p. states: The American Sunday-School Union have made an arrangement with the London Religious Tract Society, to publish, concurrently with them, such of their valuable works as are best suited to our circulation. Copyright statement dated 1846. The American Sunday-School Union was at this address until 1853. Binding: Cloth spine and marbled boards. Main Heritage Shelves General DS109 .K58 1848 Book Item-ID: i10146118 BIB-ID: 1016247 Show less
History, Description and travel, Antiquities, DS109 .W55 1900
Charles W. Wilson ; introduction by Zev Vilnay. Originally published as part of the 1800 ed. of Picturesque Palestine. Main Heritage Shelves General D... Show moreCharles W. Wilson ; introduction by Zev Vilnay. Originally published as part of the 1800 ed. of Picturesque Palestine. Main Heritage Shelves General DS109 .W55 1900 Book Item-ID: i10117039 BIB-ID: 1013339 Show less
Francis Frith dominated the photographic publishing industry in England in the late nineteenth century. As a photographer, he is known for the... Show moreFrancis Frith dominated the photographic publishing industry in England in the late nineteenth century. As a photographer, he is known for the hundreds of photographs he made in the Near East. He appears to have learned photography in the early 1850s and in 1853 was one of the founding members of the Liverpool Photographic Society. At age thirty-four Frith retired from his wholesale grocer business in Liverpool, to devote himself to personal interests which included photography. Between 1856 and 1860, he made three expeditions to Egypt, Sinai, Ethiopia, and Jerusalem, photographically documenting Middle Eastern architecture and culture. "On the first, he sailed up the Nile to the Second Cataract, recording the main historic monuments between Cairo and Abu Simbel. On the second, he struck eastwards to Palestine, visiting Jerusalem, Damascus, and other sites associated with the life of Christ. The final expedition was the most ambitious, combining a second visit to the Holy Land with a deeper southward penetration of the Nile. Frith photographed most of the key monuments several times, combining general views with close studies of their significant details and broader views of their landscape environment. Upon his return to London, Frith first published his photographs under the title Egypt and Palestine Photographed and Described, in two volumes with 76 photographs. Various other works followed, including this publication, the 1860 elephant folio edition by Mackenzie with 20 albumen images. This is one of the most renowned 19th-century photobooks and it is the largest book with the biggest, unenlarged prints ever published. Francis Frith ; with descriptions by Mrs. Poole and Reginald Stuart Poole. Title from item, date devised by Library staff. Albumen prints size 48.5 x 39 cm. Several prints are signed and dated iin the negative. Photographs are housed in a contemporary green half morocco with green cloth boards, spine in compartments with raised bands gilt, upper cover titled in gilt letters and gilt edges. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0103 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i23577241 BIB-ID: 2516375 Show less