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Photograph taken with the Express Détective Nadar camera, one of the first portable photographic tools, by the French photographer Paul Nadar who, between August and November 1890, embarked on a trip across Europe and Asia to Turkestan following the ancient silk route. He acted as an early photojou ...
The photograph shows the statue of Ramses II statue in Memphis., Title from item, date devised by Library staff. The photograph is titled, signed and numbered (643) in the negative., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.2017.0144, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i24473686, BIB-ID: 2537352
Wooden viewer with opening window and glazed end., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.3D.2016.0005, 3-D Object, Item-ID: i23415472, BIB-ID: 2502035
Probably Sebah & Joaillier (active between 1860 and 1890 CE). This portrait is a typical orientalist representation of “the veiled Turkish lady,” a longstanding popular subject with commercial photographers. This type of dress and face cover was adopted by upper-class women all over the Otto ...
Title from item. Date devised by Library staff. Photograph captioned, numbered (15116) and signed "P.Z.". Oval blindstamp in lower left corner reads; "A. C. Champagne, 180 Rue de Rivoli, Paris"., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.2015.0007-0127, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i2369340x, BIB-ID: 2523802
Title and date devised by Library staff. The photograph is numbered in the negative., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.2013.0006-0003, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i23713343, BIB-ID: 2526422
Title from item, date devised by Library staff. The photograph is numbered (227), signed ("H. Arnoux Port Said") and titled in the negative., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.2017.0088, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i24469609, BIB-ID: 2537280
Title from item. Date devised by Library staff. Photograph captioned, numbered (6241) and signed "P.Z." Oval blindstamp in lower left corner reads; "A. C. Champagne, 180 Rue de Rivoli, Paris"., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.2015.0007-0093, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i23690215, BIB-ID: 2523626
The photograph portrays the man with a hookah, in front of a backdrop recreating a kind of idyllic rural scene., Title from item, date devised by Libray staff. The photograph is captioned and numbered (626) in the negative., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.2016.0053-0069, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: ...
The photograph portrays a sāīs (سايس). This traditional term refers to those handymen workers who were originally responsible for the care of horses and donkeys but that were also employed as guards and messengers. The French word coureur means in fact runner. The man photographed in a typical ...
Borrowed from French "méhariste", from the 1890s the term designates a mehari - that is ne of a breed of swift dromedaries used chiefly as saddle animal rider - especially in a military unit., Title from item, date devised by Library staff. The photograph is signed with blind stamp. Pencil caption ...