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 150., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.2013.0001-0050, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i2195172x, BIB-ID: 2346462

Title and date devised by Library staff. Plate number 144., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.2013.0001-0044, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i21951196, BIB-ID: 2346401

Title and date devised by Library staff. Plate n. 44 in the Atlas accompanying the text of the Duke de Luynes, "Voyage d'exploration à la mer Morte" (Exploration of the Dead Sea) published in Paris by Arthus Bertrand in 1874., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.2018.0001-0002, 2-D Graphic, Item-I ...

Title and date devised by Library staff. The photograph is stamped with the collector stamp (C. Drächsler - Wien) and captioned in German and French on the verso of the print. The picture is numbered (431) in pencil on the verso of the print., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.2016.0022-0017, 2- ...

Title and date devised by Library staff., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.2018.0264-0005, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i25413508, BIB-ID: 2710753

Title date devised by Library staff., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.2018.0264-0006, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i25413521, BIB-ID: 2710754

John Beasley Greene was the first Egyptologist who was also a photographer. This print is from his second trip to Upper Egypt to excavate the Mortuary Temple of Ramses III at Medinet Habu and Thebes in Luxor. Greene’s photographs of Egypt emphasize the scale of the sky and the landscape, as if to ...

Title and date devised by Library staff., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.2017.0056, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i24467558, BIB-ID: 2537239

Title and date devised by Library staff., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.2016.0031-0005, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i26320721, BIB-ID: 2811491

The lithograph is actually an unfilled Hajj pilgrimage certificate. The view is framed with oriental ornaments; under the illustration appears a description of Holy places and rites performed by the pilgrim in Mecca. On the side of the print inscribed with printing and publishing information., Title ...