Title and date from item. Inscribed under the plate "Imp. Phot. de H. de Fonteny et Cie .[ait] en 1851. Paris, r. St. Nicolas d'Antin, 72" and ... Show moreTitle and date from item. Inscribed under the plate "Imp. Phot. de H. de Fonteny et Cie .[ait] en 1851. Paris, r. St. Nicolas d'Antin, 72" and "Publié par Goupil et Cie. éditeurs. Paris, Londres ; Berlin, New York". Plate n. 72 in "Égypte et Nubie : sites et monuments les plus intéressants pour l'étude de l'art et de l'histoire / Félix Teynard. Paris : Goupil et Cie, [1858]. The photograph was taken and printed in 1851 but published between 1853 and 1858. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2018.0210-0002 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i2659125x BIB-ID: 2833228 Show less
The photograph is titled. Title from item, date devised by Library staff. Written on the back of the card "[...] Red Sea. Dec. 1. 28 Dear Miss.... Show moreThe photograph is titled. Title from item, date devised by Library staff. Written on the back of the card "[...] Red Sea. Dec. 1. 28 Dear Miss. Batty, Here I am on my way home and I am the happiest passenger on the boat because every day is lessening the distance between myself and my dearest ones. We are leaving a very enjoyable voyage. I leave very nice friends on board. We get our chairs together on deck and I spend the days reading writing or securing and enjoying the lovely sunshine. There are 850 passengers on board in 1st and 2nd salon. I expect to reach Aden tomorrow. I will leave the same day for Bombay. I hope you are well. That Xmas [sic] and New Year will be bright full and Happy for you all. Much love. Sincerely yours [...]. Main Heritage Display General HC.HP.2016.0089-0015 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i23704573 BIB-ID: 2525692 Show less
Water harvesting, Water harvesting--Egypt--Photographs, People
The photograph shows veiled women and children collecting water and a men on camelback. In the background palms and a herd of sheep. The photographs... Show moreThe photograph shows veiled women and children collecting water and a men on camelback. In the background palms and a herd of sheep. The photographs is signed, numbered (170) and titled in the negative. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2017.0048 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i24450844 BIB-ID: 2537231 "The Zangaki brothers produced some of the finest images of late Victorian Egypt, yet so little is known about them. They were probably Greek Cypriots, although it has been suggested they may have come from Crete. Nothing is known of them before their first photographs were published in Egypt in the late 1870s, and even the names of the brothers themselves is unknown. It has been suggested their initials were C and G, and indeed early 20th century photographic postcards bearing the name C Zangaki have been located. Their photographs, however, were simply identified as Zangaki, the letter Z being frequently mistaken for a stylized L in several books, resulting in their work being incorrectly ascribed to Langaki. Indeed, until relatively recently, there was assumed to be one photographer with the name of A Zangaki until the discovery of a signboard bearing the legend Adelphoi Zangaki confirmed that the images were the work of brothers. While their GreekCypriot or Cretanroots are confirmed, the horse-drawn darkroom van with which they toured the length of the Nile bore the legend Zangaki Brothers, and to further confuse matters, the majority of their images are titled (in the negatives) in French. Amongst many fine images are photographs taken after the bombardment of Alexandria in 1882, and some eloquent commentaries on the popularity of the Grand Tour of Egypt in the 1880s." See Encyclopedia of nineteenth-century photography / John Hannavy ed., Routledge, New York, 2008, p. 1521. Show less
