View of the base of the minaret including the external staircase, with the inclusion of the two figures. Their dark forms punctuate the light area... Show moreView of the base of the minaret including the external staircase, with the inclusion of the two figures. Their dark forms punctuate the light area of the blank wall in a similar way to the dark windows and shadows in the walls above, while adding a human dimension both literally and socially. Title from item, date devised by Library staff. The photograph is titled and numbered (189) in ink on label on verso. Main Heritage Vault HC.HP.2020.0006 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i25953588 BIB-ID: 2746221 Show less
مسجد النبي دانيال (الإسكندرية), Islamic architecture--Mosques, Islamic architecture--Mosques--Egypt--Alexandria--Photographs
Girault de Prangey's daguerreotypes, taken during his photographic excursion around the eastern Mediterranean in 1842, are the earliest surviving... Show moreGirault de Prangey's daguerreotypes, taken during his photographic excursion around the eastern Mediterranean in 1842, are the earliest surviving photographs depicting Egypt and the Middle East. Three years later, in 1845, he was back in France with almost one thousand daguerreotypes. Out of these, he considered part of his archaeological fieldwork, he realized the lithographs illustrating the renowned book Monuments arabes d’Égypte, de Syrie et d’Asie mineure, dessinés et mesurés de 1842 à 1845. Title from item, date devised by Library staff. The photograph is titled and numbered (96) on the back of the plate. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2018.0254 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i25237445 BIB-ID: 2686959 Show less
Date from item, title devised by Library staff. The lithographs is plate 22 of the album Monuments Arabes d'Egypte, de Syrie, et d'Asie Mineure. Mai... Show moreDate from item, title devised by Library staff. The lithographs is plate 22 of the album Monuments Arabes d'Egypte, de Syrie, et d'Asie Mineure. Main Heritage Compact General HC.GM.2020.0002 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26070923 BIB-ID: 2746192 Show less
The portfolio houses photographs of Cairo, including the Tombs of the Caliphs and Mamluks, and interior and exterior views of the mosques of... Show moreThe portfolio houses photographs of Cairo, including the Tombs of the Caliphs and Mamluks, and interior and exterior views of the mosques of Qaitbay, of al-Maridani, of Sultan Hassan, of Sultan al-Ashraf Barsbay, and the mosques of Sultan al-Mu'ayyad and of Sultan Barquq. Title from item, date devised by Library staff. Photographs measure 25.4 x19.7 cm, the mounts 55.2 x 40 cm. Braun's embossed blind stamp on print recto, and a handwritten number and caption, in English, on mount recto. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2017.0003 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i23899815 BIB-ID: 2537137 Show less
