Henry Salt entered the employment of Viscount Valentia, embarking with him on an eastern tour in 1802. In 1805, Valentia sent him on a mission to improve relations with the rulers of Abyssinia. During the sailing, on October 13th 1809 he anchored in Mocha where he remained, housed at the British Fac ...

Title and date devised by Library staff. Plate number 143., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.2013.0001-0043, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i21951172, BIB-ID: 2346399

General views. Tanks. Somali hut. Club House. Mosque. Defense guns. Bell batteries. Village of Sheikh Othman. Church. Steamer Point. Aden's garden., Title and date devised from Library staff. Prints are numbered in the negative and titled on the mount. The collection contains an autograph letter by ...

Aden. General views. Entrance to the Port. Steamer Point. Market. Barracks. Mosque. Grande Place [sic]. Tanks. Sultan's Palace. British officers. Types. Houses. Camel market. Main Pass. Ships. Royal Navy in the Persian Gulf. Suez Canal. England. India. Accompanied by a letter transcribing a text wri ...

Title and date devised by Library staff. Plate number 140., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.2013.0001-0040, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i21939779, BIB-ID: 2345446

Title and date from item. On the reverse, print is stamped 'Royal Air Force / Crown copyright reserved' with ink annotations "AHQ." (Air Headquarters), dated "27-4-29" and titled with later pencil notes., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.2020.0013-0003, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i26113697, BIB-ID: 2 ...

The collection includes the portrait of the Ottoman sultan Mahmud II (r. 1803-1839) in old and new costume, his son, members of his court (some depicted in old and new dress), military figures and household staff, together with other Turkish figures, and the dress of people from Greece, Georgia, Arm ...

Title and date devised by Library staff., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.GM.2015.0001, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i26116376, BIB-ID: 1951099

Sketchbooks illustrate travels and excursions done in Egypt and Sudan by the British lady Florence Attwood Mathews, the second daughter of British writer and doctor James John Garth Wilkinson (1812 – 1899). The contents of the sketchbooks stretch over the period 1898–1916, with particular emphas ...

Title and date from the item., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.2018.0264-0047, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i25624660, BIB-ID: 2721959

The photograph shows water jars and fishing boats on the river of the Nile., Title from item, date devised., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.2017.0156, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i24474290, BIB-ID: 2537273