with descriptions by Thomas Hartwell Horne. Main Heritage Shelves General DS108.5 .H67 1836 Book v.2 Item-ID: i20240818 BIB-ID: 1014254 Show morewith descriptions by Thomas Hartwell Horne. Main Heritage Shelves General DS108.5 .H67 1836 Book v.2 Item-ID: i20240818 BIB-ID: 1014254 Show less
General View from the Lycabettus hill to the Acropolis. -- General View of Athens. -- The Academy. -- The Villa Heinrich Schliemann. -- View of... Show moreGeneral View from the Lycabettus hill to the Acropolis. -- General View of Athens. -- The Academy. -- The Villa Heinrich Schliemann. -- View of the Acropolis. -- View of the Temple and Acropolis. -- View of the Acropolis. -- Dionysos Theatre. -- The Erechtheion Temple. -- Panorama of the Port of Piraeus. -- Greek Sports Stadium. -- Hellenistic Sarcophagus. -- Relief Pallas Athena. -- Statue of Pallas Athena. -- Statue of Hermes, excavated in Andros. -- Statue of Poseidon, excavated in Milo. -- Statue of a Hellenic Woman. -- Statue of a Taurus. -- Three Soldiers in Traditional Costumes. -- Two Farmer Women in Traditional Costumes. -- Two Soldiers in Traditional Costumes. Title and date devised by library staff. Prints have numbers in ink on the mounts. Some have numbers in the negative, few have manuscript titles on the mount. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0053-0131/0157 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26390383 BIB-ID: 2818062 Show less
Pasini was one of the most highly acclaimed orientalist painters working in Paris in the second half of the Nineteenth century. In 1855 the... Show morePasini was one of the most highly acclaimed orientalist painters working in Paris in the second half of the Nineteenth century. In 1855 the opportunity to travel to Arabia arose. At the height of the Crimean war, in an effort to counteract Russian influence in Persia, the diplomat Prosper Bourré led an official French mission to the court of Nasser al-Din Shah in Tehran. The written account was to be prepared by Joseph-Arthur, Comte de Gobineau (1816-1882); Pasini was invited on the journey to make the visual record. The mission crossed to Alexandria from Marseilles and embarked at Suez on the East Indiaman Victoria bound for Bushire. They put in at Jeddah (where they met Kemal Pasha, Guardian of the Holy Shrines at Mecca and Medina), then Aden, and Muscat (where they had an audience with the Sultan, Syed Said), before crossing the Gulf. From Bushire they travelled north to Shiraz, Isfahan, and Tehran. Pasini remained at the Shah's court, before returning to Paris in 1856. In 1859 Pasini published this album as pictorial record of the mission. Gobineau published his written account in the same year: Trois ans en Asie, de 1855 à 1858 (Paris: 1859. 8vo). Title from item, date devised by Library staff. Main Heritage Compact General HC.GM.04139 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i15961928 BIB-ID: 1025507 Show less
drawn on stone by George Moore ; from sketches taken in 1832 and 1833 by Owen Jones and the late Jules Goury ; with historical notices of the... Show moredrawn on stone by George Moore ; from sketches taken in 1832 and 1833 by Owen Jones and the late Jules Goury ; with historical notices of the monuments by Samuel Birch. Added, ill. t.p. is unnumbered leaf of plates. Plates numbered 1-30 and 13A. Main Heritage Shelves General NE2454 .J66 1843 Book Item-ID: i22003939 BIB-ID: 2356467 Show less
with descriptions by Thomas Hartwell Horne. Main Heritage Shelves General DS108.5 .H67 1836 Book vol.2 Item-ID: i2332661x BIB-ID: 1014254 Show morewith descriptions by Thomas Hartwell Horne. Main Heritage Shelves General DS108.5 .H67 1836 Book vol.2 Item-ID: i2332661x BIB-ID: 1014254 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
Antiquities, Fortifications, Excavations (Archaeology), History
The album contains aerial views of Syria and Lebanon taken by three members of the 39th Aviation Regiment of the French Army of the Levant (G.... Show moreThe album contains aerial views of Syria and Lebanon taken by three members of the 39th Aviation Regiment of the French Army of the Levant (G. David, Loquinaire and L. Piat) of the and collected by Regimental Adjutant Charles Serniclaès. He is also the author of most of the pictures together with other pilots of the Regiment. Views includes major cities and archeological sites in Syria and Lebanon. Beyrouth. -- Cèdres du Liban. -- Zahlé. -- Homs. -- Baalbeck. -- Hama. -- Krak des Chevaliers. -- Château de Markab. -- Château de Massiaf. -- Tripoli. -- Satifa. -- Château de Beaufort. -- Forteresse de Banias. -- Château de Palmyre. -- Ruines de Palmyre. -- Palmyre Source sulfureuse. -- Alep. -- Rakka. -- Kalaat Djaber. -- Kalaat Sman. -- Ruines de Ressaf. -- Khars el Her. -- Deir-ez-Zor. -- Djazireh-ibn-Omar. -- Chameaux sur la piste. -- Damas. -- Ghutta. -- Couvent de Sednaya. -- Maloula. -- Deir el Djenovi. -- Safa. -- Tell Dekoua. -- Le Leja-Semeid. -- Kanaouat. -- Chaaba. -- Soueida. Title and date from item. Various format photographs are pasted onto the sheets of the album and captioned in the negative or in a label below the print. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0063 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i23322500 BIB-ID: 2496849 Show less
with descriptions by Thomas Hartwell Horne. Main Heritage Shelves General DS108.5 .H67 1836 Book vol.1 Item-ID: i23326608 BIB-ID: 1014254 Show morewith descriptions by Thomas Hartwell Horne. Main Heritage Shelves General DS108.5 .H67 1836 Book vol.1 Item-ID: i23326608 BIB-ID: 1014254 Show less
