Postcard showing the iconic Simon Arzt department store. Built in the early 1920s, it is considered the "first mall in Egypt". Its building, a great example of Art Deco design, was a landmark in Port Said. The department store's namesake, Simon Artz, was one of the first members of the Jewish commun ...

Title and date from item. The photograph is signed, dated and numbered in the negative "Frith F. n. 11". Signature and date on the mount "Frith.Photo.1857." Plate from the 1858-60 publication "Egypt and Palestine, Volume II"., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.2016.0053-0013, 2-D Graphic, Item-I ...

Two men resting in front of ruins of stone portico., Title and date from item. The photograph is signed, dated and numbered in the negative "Frith E N. 15 1857". Signature and date on the mount "Frith.Photo.1857." Plate from the 1862 publication "Upper Egypt and Ethiopia"., Main Heritage Compact Ge ...

This miniature portrait of a nobleman holding a falcon and remains of its prey (the bird's legs are held in the man's left hand) was part of an album of small court portraits prepared for Akbar I (1542-1605) Emperor of Hindustan. Portraits provided the emperor with a visual record of the members of ...

The Société Photographique El Beder was better know as the Castania Frères photographic studio. It was active in Smyrne in the 1880s., Title and date devised by Library staff. On the recto of the mount "El Beder Phot."; on the verso "Société Photographique EL BEDER Orient = شركة فطوغر� ...

Title and date devised by Library staff. On the recto of the card "C. Portier"; on the verso "C. PORTIER PHOTOGRAPHE 9, Rue Napoléon, 9 ALGER VOUS & TYPES DE TOUTE L'ALGÉRIE Magasin de vente Rue Bab-el-Oued Ce Cliché est conservé" ., Main Heritage Display General, HC.HP.2017.0015-0004, 2-D ...

Miniature depicting depicting the fourteenth Mughal Emperor Ahmad Shah Bahadur (r. 1748–54), born to Emperor Muhammad Shah (r. 1719–48). The emperor is enthroned on a terrace under a parasol and holds a yewellered ornament. The margins have a number of medallions with black naskh and two cartouc ...

The photograph depicts the Sultan in a typical portrait pose. He arrived in France in 1912 in Marseille and the event received great attention by the press. Portraits and interviews of the Sultan appeared in French and International Newspapers, such as La Esfera and The New York Times. In fact, it ...

Miniature depicting a bearded prince richly adorned, seated on a jewelled throne, the wall behind with two-headed eagles and confronted birds., Title and date devised by Library staff. The miniature is signed. The miniature is framed within polychrome and gold rule, laid down on card and mounted., M ...

Title from item. Date devised by library staff. The photograph is titled, signed "Bonfils" and numbered (726) in the negative. Number in ink on the mount (105)., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.2016.0053-0068, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i26389794, BIB-ID: 2818011

Exhibition poster for an exhibition on Sahara held at the Ethnographic Museum of Neuchâtel, Switzerland, from 16 June to 31 December 1957. The poster shows a young boy covered with a local textile sitting next to a native loom. The present poster does not feature the text and the printer indication ...