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Pasini 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 le ...
View over the city of Mecca showing the neighbourhoods of Suq al-Layl and Al Qushashiyah, probably taken from the Jabal Abu Qubays. Photograph is the right section of a four part panorama which includes Plates II, III and IV. The photograph was taken the Meccan doctor and photographer al-Sayyid ʻAb ...
Title and date from item. The photograph is signed, dated and numbered in the negative "Frith F. n. 49 1857". 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.2016.0053-0012, 2-D Graphic, I ...
Title and date devised by Library staff. The poster is signed "J.J. Midderigh", Main Heritage Compact General, HC.GM.P.2019.0119, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i26217454, BIB-ID: 2801986
General 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 Pi ...
Title from item, date devised by Library staff. The photograph is captioned, numbered (illegible) and signed "Zangaki." On the verso of the mount is pasted a second albumen print by Zangaki Brothers titled "Village arabe et pyramides" numbered 414 and signed "Zangaki"., Main Heritage Display General ...
Vintage travel poster issued by, Title and date from item. The poster i, signed and inscribed "Moullot fils aîné Marseille". The poster has 2 poster tax stamps and 2 stamps of the "Commité des Fêtes". Text continues: "Harmonies, orphéons, fanfares, symphonies, quatuors à corders, estudiantinas ...
Vintage poster advertising the North African Agricultural Competition and the city of Boufarik in Algeria, renowned for the citrus production. The poster depicts a lush garden made up of orange trees, tangerines, date palms, geraniums., Title and date from item.The poster is signed and inscribed " " ...
Travel poster advertising Iraq as a tourist destination issued by the Iraq Summer Resorts and Tourism Service., Title from item, date devised by Library staff. Tagged "Republic of Irak, Summer Resorts and Tourism Service Baghdad, Copyright and Colors by Vicky Baghdad". The poster is signed "Ø­. Ø¯Ø ...
The album, prepared by the American public relations agengy Sessions & Caminita is a photographic account of the visit of the Crown Prince Saud of Saudi Arabia and his delegation to the United States, at the invitation of President Truman, between January and February 1947. Photographs document ...
Travel poster issued by and for Tunisian Government advertising Tunisia as a tourist destination., Title from item, date devised by Library staff. Inscribed "Published by and for Tunisian Government" and "Printed in France by Rene Sicard Paris"., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.GM.P.2019.0165, 2-D ...