Scene of stone ruins with colonnade and rectangular building, rubble covering the ground. Title and date from item. The photograph is signed, dated... Show moreScene of stone ruins with colonnade and rectangular building, rubble covering the ground. Title and date from item. The photograph is signed, dated and numbered in the negative "Frith E N. 23 1857". Signature and date on the mount "Frith.Photo.1857." Plate from the 1858-1860 2 volumes publication "Egypt and Palestine. Photographed and Described by Francis Frith". Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0053-0011 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26392677 BIB-ID: 2818301 Show less
Large stone gateway inscribed with hieroglyphs surrounded by pieces of statues. Title and date from item. The photograph is inscribed in the... Show moreLarge stone gateway inscribed with hieroglyphs surrounded by pieces of statues. Title and date from item. The photograph is inscribed in the negative "Frith E No 52 1857". Signature and date on the mount "Frith.Photo.1857." Plate from the 1862 publication "Lower Egypt, Thebes, and The Pyramids". Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0053-0040 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26474876 BIB-ID: 2830157 Show less
Elevated view across water and fields towards the modern city of Asyut with its minarets dotting the city skyline. The river Nile and plains are... Show moreElevated view across water and fields towards the modern city of Asyut with its minarets dotting the city skyline. The river Nile and plains are visible beyond, in far distance. Title and date devised by Library staff. Dry stamp "Frith's Series". Titled "1907 Siout" in the negative. Main Heritage Display General HC.HP.2016.0053-0018 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i2648089x BIB-ID: 2830452 Show less
The album contains photographs of views and monuments in Jerusalem, Damascus, the Dead Sea, Hebron, Gaza, Mount Lebanon and the Sinai taken by... Show moreThe album contains photographs of views and monuments in Jerusalem, Damascus, the Dead Sea, Hebron, Gaza, Mount Lebanon and the Sinai taken by renowned British photographer Francis Frith, who 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 34 Frith retired from his wholesale grocery 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 his elephant folio “Egypt, Sinai and Jerusalem” in 1860 with 20 albumen images, as well as a deluxe edition of the Queen's Bible illustrated with 57 photographs of the Holy Land in 1862. This album is part of the 1863 publication by Mackenzie compring four volumes: “Sinai and Palestine” - the present -; “Lower Egypt, Thebes and the Pyramids”; “Upper Egypt and Ethiopia”; and a supplementary volume titled “Egypt, Sinai and Palestine”. Each volume contained an illustrated title and 36 mounted photographs, for a total of 148 images. The Street Called Straight, Damascus. Mount Horeb, Sinai. Mount Serbál, from the Wádee Feyrán. The Convent of Sinai, and Plain of Er-Raha. The Wádee El-Mukattab, Sinai. Sinaitic Inscriptions in Wádee El-Mukattab. The Summit of Gebel Moosà, Sinai. View at Hebron. Hebron, with Mosque Covering the Cave of Macpelah. Gaza (The Old Town). Samson's Gate, Gaza. Jerusalem, from Mount Scopus. Jerusalem from the Well of En-Rogel. Jerusalem, The Mosque of Aksa. Jerusalem, The Valley of Jehoshaphat. Jerusalem, the Village of Siloam and Valley of Kidron. Jerusalem, from the Mount of Olives. Jerusalem, Entrance of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Jerusalem, Street View, with the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Jerusalem, Church of the Ascension, Mount of Olives. Jerusalem, the Pool of Hezekiah. Jerusalem, City Wall and Mosque of Omar. &c. Jerusalem, the Pool of Bethesda, &c. Jerusalem, Absalom's Tomb. Convent of Mar-Saba. The North Shore of the Dead Sea. Nablous, the Ancient Shechem. Nazareth, from the North-West. The Town and Lake of Tiberias, from the North. Tiberias from the South. Baneas, the Ancient Caesarea Philippi. St. Paul's Wall, Damascus. Distant View of Damascus. Baalbec, from the South. The Great Pillars and Smaller Temple, Baalbec. The Circular Temple, Baalbec. The Largest of the Cedars, Mount Lebanon. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2014.0040 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i22342333 BIB-ID: 2392713 Douglas R. Nickel Francis Frith in Egypt and Palestine: A Victorian Photographer Abroad Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2003. Show less
Main Heritage Display General HC.HP.2014.0040-0035 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i24483485 BIB-ID: 2617505 Show moreMain Heritage Display General HC.HP.2014.0040-0035 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i24483485 BIB-ID: 2617505 Show less
Accompanies the exhibition of the same name. It was part of the library of Mohamed Makiya. Main Heritage Compact General DS109.2 .C35 1984 Reference It... Show moreAccompanies the exhibition of the same name. It was part of the library of Mohamed Makiya. Main Heritage Compact General DS109.2 .C35 1984 Reference Item-ID: i23431362 BIB-ID: 2502345 Includes bibliographical references and index. Show less
Gell, Edith Mary , 1860-1944, Gell, Philip Lyttelton , 1852-1926
This 2 volumes publication was the result of the second trip made by Frith between 1857 and 1858. On this new expedition Frith photographed the... Show moreThis 2 volumes publication was the result of the second trip made by Frith between 1857 and 1858. On this new expedition Frith photographed the city of Cairo and the important biblical and historical sites of Palestine and Syria. He took pictures of the archeological sites in Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Damascus and Hebron, and Baalbek. This set of photograph was then exhibited and projected by Frith, who was also asked to give public lectures about his travel. Also in the album, in fact, photographic views are combined with Friths account of his tour of the Near East. photographed and described by Francis Frith. Gell family is a prominent historical figure in Derbyshire and can be traced back as far as the reign of Elizabeth I. Edith Lyttelton Gell, like her brother Philip Lyttelton Gell President of the British South Africa Company, was very member of the society and of the family. She wrote a number of pamphlets encouraging womens work to support the efforts of the British troops during World War I. In 1891 she also edited the book "The Cloud of Witness. A Daily Sequence of Great Thoughts from Many Minds following the Christian Seasons", a selection of inspiring quotes, scripture verses, and poetry by classical authors like William Wordsworth, Lord Tennyson, William Shakespeare and others. Main Heritage Display General HC.FB.25689 Book Item-ID: i15636975 BIB-ID: 1010132 Douglas R. Nickel Francis Frith in Egypt and Palestine: A Victorian Photographer Abroad Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2003. 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
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... Show moreTwo 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 General HC.HP.2016.0053-0009 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26392616 BIB-ID: 2818298 Show less
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... Show moreTwo 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. 31 1857". Signature and date on the mount "Frith.Photo.1857." Plate from the 1858-1860 2 volumes publication "Egypt and Palestine. Photographed and Described by Francis Frith". Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0053-0010 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26392653 BIB-ID: 2818300 Show less
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 ... Show moreTitle 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 Item-ID: i26472831 BIB-ID: 2830014 Show less
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... Show moreTitle 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-ID: i26472843 BIB-ID: 2830017 Show less
Title and date from item. The photograph is signed, dated and numbered in the negative "Frith F. n. 61 1857". Signature and date on the mount ... Show moreTitle and date from item. The photograph is signed, dated and numbered in the negative "Frith F. n. 61 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.2016.0053-0014 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26472855 BIB-ID: 2830020 Show less
Title from item, date devised. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0053-0016 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26472879 BIB-ID: 2830026 Show moreTitle from item, date devised. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0053-0016 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26472879 BIB-ID: 2830026 Show less
Title devised by Library staff, date from item. The photograph is signed, numbered and dated in the negative "Frith E No 66 1857". Main Heritage... Show moreTitle devised by Library staff, date from item. The photograph is signed, numbered and dated in the negative "Frith E No 66 1857". Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0053-0017 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i25906367 BIB-ID: 2756634 Show less
Elevated view from rugged hillside across the village of Beni Hasan, at the bottom of the hill, with plains with palm groves beyond and the river... Show moreElevated view from rugged hillside across the village of Beni Hasan, at the bottom of the hill, with plains with palm groves beyond and the river Nile in the distance. Beni Hasan, situated between Asyut and Memphis, is known for its ancient necropolis. Title and date devised by Library staff. Dry stamp "Frith's Series". Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0053-0019 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26472892 BIB-ID: 2830031 Show less
Title and date devised by Library staff. Dry stamp "Frith's Series". Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0053-0020 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26472909 B... Show moreTitle and date devised by Library staff. Dry stamp "Frith's Series". Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0053-0020 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26472909 BIB-ID: 2830033 Show less
Three figures grouped in front of large pyramid, man and white horse in the distance standing closer to the pyramid. Title and date from item. The... Show moreThree figures grouped in front of large pyramid, man and white horse in the distance standing closer to the pyramid. Title and date from item. The photograph is signed and numbered in the negative "Frith 161". Signature and date on the mount "Frith Photo 1857." Plate from the 1860-61 publication "Cairo, Sinai, Jerusalem, and The Pyramids of Egypt". Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0053-0001 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26392057 BIB-ID: 2818156 Show less
In the photograph also two figures with three donkeys on pathway through valley between mountains. Title and date from item. The photograph is... Show moreIn the photograph also two figures with three donkeys on pathway through valley between mountains. Title and date from item. The photograph is signed in the negative "Frith". Signature and date on the mount "Frith.Photo.1857." Folded in the passepartout also 1 page (44 x 31.3 cm) of descriptive text related to the photograph. Plate and text from the 1858-1860 2 volumes publication "Egypt and Palestine. Photographed and Described by Francis Frith". Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0053-0002 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26392124 BIB-ID: 2818160 Show less
View of the Temple of Maharraka showing columns and ruins. Title and date from item. The photograph is signed in the negative "Frith". Signature and... Show moreView of the Temple of Maharraka showing columns and ruins. Title and date from item. The photograph is signed in the negative "Frith". Signature and date on the mount "Frith.Photo.1857.". Plate and text from the 1862 publication "Upper Egypt and Ethiopia". Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0053-0003 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26392197 BIB-ID: 2818167 Show less