by John Cramb, photographer to the Queen ; with descriptive letterpress by the Rev. Robert Buchanan, D.D., author of "A clerical furlough", etc. The... Show moreby John Cramb, photographer to the Queen ; with descriptive letterpress by the Rev. Robert Buchanan, D.D., author of "A clerical furlough", etc. The plates are albumen prints. Each plates is accompanied by 1 leaf of descriptive letterpress. Main Heritage Shelves General DS108.5 .C73 1860 Book Item-ID: i22509434 BIB-ID: 2405142 Show less
Claudius Galen Wheelhouse. Main Heritage Compact General D973 .W44 2066 Reference Item-ID: i2256410x BIB-ID: 2408671 Show moreClaudius Galen Wheelhouse. Main Heritage Compact General D973 .W44 2066 Reference Item-ID: i2256410x BIB-ID: 2408671 Show less
Zouaves, Zouaves--Algeria, People, Armies, Colonial, Armies, Colonial--France--Algeria, History
Photograph album complied by a French military officer, possibly a member of the 1st or 10th Zouaves battalion, based in Algeria at the end of the... Show morePhotograph album complied by a French military officer, possibly a member of the 1st or 10th Zouaves battalion, based in Algeria at the end of the 19th century. The album includes amateur photographs – possibly taken by the compiler himself –, photographs taken by professional studios such as the one of Jean Geiser (active in Algiers at the end of the 19th century), but also postcards and other photomechanical prints taken from books and magazines. Photographs are mainly related to Algeria and include views of Bougie [today Bejaïa], Toudja, Lambessa [today Tazoult-Lambèse], Algiers, the gorges of Palestro [today Lakhdaria], and the Touggourt oasis. Among the subjects of the picture, a carnival parade in Algiers, the Bab El Kantra Bridge in Constantine, a military station in Dirah equipped with a telescope, the Azib of the Ben Ali Cherif family, Bab al-Bahr in Bejaïa, the boulevard Admiral Pierre in Algiers, the summer palace of the Governor General, a zawiya, Roman remains, markets, streets, mills, Ramadan prayers and ports. Also, local people, vendors, family portraits and portraits of Zouaves battalions.The album includes views of cities, monuments and landscapes in France and Italy. Title and date devised by Library staff. Titled "Album" in gilt golden letters on the cover. Photographs size 10 x 16 cm. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2014.0033 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i22677951 BIB-ID: 2409645 Show less
Main Heritage Shelves General SF285 .R53 1910 Book Item-ID: i11393154 BIB-ID: 1171449 Show moreMain Heritage Shelves General SF285 .R53 1910 Book Item-ID: i11393154 BIB-ID: 1171449 Show less
Description and travel, Description and travel, DS107 .H65 1870
by the Rev. F.W. Holland, M.A. ... Date of imprint from British Museum Catalogue. "Published under the direction of the Committee of General... Show moreby the Rev. F.W. Holland, M.A. ... Date of imprint from British Museum Catalogue. "Published under the direction of the Committee of General Literature and Education, appointed by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge." Main Heritage Shelves General DS107 .H65 1870 Book Item-ID: i10176998 BIB-ID: 1019335 Show less
by Gillian Grant. Main Heritage Compact General DS44.5 .G73 1989 Reference Item-ID: i10144596 BIB-ID: 1016095 Includes bibliographical references (p. ... Show moreby Gillian Grant. Main Heritage Compact General DS44.5 .G73 1989 Reference Item-ID: i10144596 BIB-ID: 1016095 Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-198) and indexes. Show less
Christopher James. Main Heritage Compact General TR287 .J36 2009 Reference Item-ID: i2453397x BIB-ID: 2623995 Includes bibliographical references (pages... Show moreChristopher James. Main Heritage Compact General TR287 .J36 2009 Reference Item-ID: i2453397x BIB-ID: 2623995 Includes bibliographical references (pages 586-591) and index. Show less
Collection of portraits related to the history of Aden. Portraits of Arabic people, of the Sultan of Zanzibar and photographs of the visit of ... Show moreCollection of portraits related to the history of Aden. Portraits of Arabic people, of the Sultan of Zanzibar and photographs of the visit of Prince Seif al-Islam al-Hussein, son of the King of Yemen Yahya Muhammad Hamid ed-Din (1869–1938), to Paris on 18 February 1938. Title and date devised by LIbrary staff. Main Heritage Office General HC.HP.2012.0002 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i22907257 BIB-ID: 2443250 Show less
The album collects the photographs taken by the Naval Officer A. Martiensen, who took part in Wilhelm II's trip to the Levant in 1898, as he was... Show moreThe album collects the photographs taken by the Naval Officer A. Martiensen, who took part in Wilhelm II's trip to the Levant in 1898, as he was serving on the Imperial liner "Hohenzollern" from September 1898 to March 1900. The visit was a key diplomatic move of the German Empire and the Protestant Church to strengthen the political ties with the Ottoman Empire and it was widely reported and commentated in all the media. The album was probably compiled at end of the 1920s, as indicated by the form and layout. Also, pictures are not arranged in chronological order, which would suggest that they may initially have been kept in different places and only later incorporated into the album. The last picture dates from 1929 and shows Martiensen and tourist group seated on camels in front of the Pyramid of Giza. Photographs show Wilhelm II close-ups and in an almost private setting when on board the Hohenzollern - such as for his birthday -, whereas other pictures were carefully staged and intended to serve propaganda purposes. Some of these photographs must have been taken by other people, such as the German photographer Ottomar Anschütz (1846-1907) and Empress Auguste Victoria (1858-1921) and by other professional photographers. The prints have numbers in the negative which could have been catalog numbers the passengers and crew could use to order souvenir pictures. Title devised by Library staff, date from item. The pictures are contact prints from glass negatives with a format of 12 x 18 cm. Most of them have numbers as would have been written on the glass negatives and are captioned in white ink on the mount. Main Heritage Display General HC.HP.2016.0053-0158 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i23299381 BIB-ID: 2496329 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
