| RCS/Y30214A-C contains: |
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| Y30214A |
Egypt and Palestine - Frith - Volume I |
| Y30214B |
Egypt and Palestine - Frith - Volume II |
| Y30214C |
Sinai and Palestine - Frith |
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Albums by Francis Frith
| Title |
Egypt and Palestine - Frith - Volume II |
| Reference |
Y30214B |
| Creator |
Frith, Francis, 1822-1898, photographer |
| Covering Dates |
circa 1857 |
| Extent and Medium |
39 images in 1 album; Generally photographs are in fair condition, but have water staining along one edge and some fading. |
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| Content and context |
An album of photographs of scenes within Egypt and Palestine. |
| Further information |
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Indexed
This collection is available on microfiche: Middle East, fiche number 15-16.
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| Index Terms |
| Africa |
| Asia |
| Egypt |
| Israel |
| Lebanon |
| Syria |
| Frith, Francis (1822-1898) photographer |
| RCS/Y30214A-C/Y30214B contains: |
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The largest of the Cedars, Mount Lebanon. 233 x 164 mm. A view showing an ancient Cedar, which Frith describes as : 'many-stemmed, fantastic, wide-spreading giant', in a grove of younger trees.
Creator: Frith, Francis, 1822-1898, photographer.
Poor condition, considerable fading in from edges and water damage at left of print.. |
circa 1857 |
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View at Karnac from the granite pylon. 227 x 156 mm. A view looking from the granite pylon over the tumbled ruins of Karnac towards two distant obelisks (?obelisks of Thut-mose I and Queen Hat-shepsut).
Creator: Frith, Francis, 1822-1898, photographer.
Fair condition, some fading in from edges.. |
circa 1857 |
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The great pylon at Edfou, Upper Egypt. 232 x 163 mm. A view showing the massive entrance to the temple of Horus at Edfu, with a group of Europeans standing at the base of the pylon on which are sculpted various scenes. The drifting sand, which in this print reaches to the top of the wall behind the pylon on which are sculpted various scenes, has subsequently been removed to leave a temple in a remarkable state of preservation.
Creator: Frith, Francis, 1822-1898, photographer.
Fair condition, apart from slight water stain along one edge and some yellowing in from edges.. |
circa 1857 |
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The mosque of Omar, etc, Jerusalem. 233 x 165 mm. A view taken from near St. Stevens gate looking towards the pool of Bethesda, the mosque of Omar and Aksa (partially obscured by smoke from a chimney in the foreground) and with the houses of the modern city on the right.
Creator: Frith, Francis, 1822-1898, photographer.
Fair condition, fading and some yellowing with slight water stain along one edge.. |
circa 1857 |
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Wady Kardassy, Nubia. 229 x 167 mm. A view showing a four pillared ruin on the banks of the Nile. Sir G. Wilkinson named the site 'Gertasse', which Frith expounds on in the commentary which accompanies this print.
Creator: Frith, Francis, 1822-1898, photographer.
Fair condition, but fading in from edges and with slight water stain along one edge.. |
circa 1857 |
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Distant view of Damascus. 222 x 152 mm. A view looking towards the distant city from Salihiyeh with a ruined church (unidentified) in the foreground.
Creator: Frith, Francis, 1822-1898, photographer.
Fair condition, but slight water stain along one edge and overall yellowing.. |
circa 1857 |
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Pharaoh's Bed, Island of Philae. 232 x 156 mm. A view from the top of the pylon of the Great Temple and the small temple called Pharaoh's Bed.
Creator: Frith, Francis, 1822-1898, photographer.
Fair condition, apart from water staining along one edge.. |
circa 1857 |
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The Circular Temple, Baalbec [Ba`labakk]. 222 x 154 mm. A view looking towards the small circular temple. Frith comments in his description: 'The little gem known as the 'Circular Temple' stands at the distance of about a quarter of a mile from the great structure. My view will show that it was most elaborately ornamented and finished. There are around it externally eight Corinthian columns, with a roof or entablature, beautifully sculptured, and projecting in an elegant curve towards each pillar, giving it rather the appearance of an octagonal structure. Between each column is the niche for a statue.'.
Creator: Frith, Francis, 1822-1898, photographer.
Good condition, apart from a water stain along one edge.. |
circa 1857 |
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The court of Shishak, Karnac. 159 x 223 mm. A view showing the remains of part of the temple of Amon at Karnac with painted hieroglyphs on the standing walls and fallen pillars and debris littering the foreground.
Creator: Frith, Francis, 1822-1898, photographer.
Good condition, apart from fading along one edge.. |
circa 1857 |
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The approach to Philae. 232 x 156 mm. A superb landscape showing the rounded forms of granite boulders in the foreground, the Nile beyond the buildings of Philae on the island in the background. Frith himself was well aware of the success of this viewpoint: 'This is one of the few views which a photograph can render without, perhaps, greatly distracting from its artistic frame. Everybody has sketched it - many clever artists have painted it - Murray has engraved it for his 'Guide', and now, in these later days, the sun himself condescends to pigmify it, and pop it bodily into the box which your artist provides. And it is a view which can bear all this treatment - this freedom of travellers - this robbery - above all, this unflattering mechanical picture-making, without loss of beauty or interest.'.
Creator: Frith, Francis, 1822-1898, photographer.
Good condition, apart form water staining along one edge.. |
circa 1857 |
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Convent of Mar-Saba, near Jerusalem. 229 x 164 mm. A view looking over the convent rooftops towards the sheer cliffs in which the caves of ascetics can be seen. Frith comments: 'The magnificently wild and deep ravine forms a sternly appropriate clinging-place for this old ascetic pile. We don't pretend to have done anything like justice to the subject in our photograph. The view should be taken from the other side of the ravine, from which the whole of the building and the entire depth of the ravine could perhaps be rendered.'.
Creator: Frith, Francis, 1822-1898, photographer.
Fair condition, apart from some fading in from edges, and water staining along one edge.. |
circa 1857 |
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The granite pylon, Thebes. 225 x 160 mm. A view showing the ruins of a gateway at Karnac built from large blocks of granite. Frith compares these ruins to the gateway seen in Y30214A/25: '... the present view represents an older, more massive, but less elegant and less elaborately sculptured, edifice which I have called the Granite Pylon, in consequence of its being, as I believe, the only existing extensive pylon-gateway constructed solely of that material.'.
Creator: Frith, Francis, 1822-1898, photographer.
Good condition, apart from water staining along one edge.. |
circa 1857 |
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The town and lake of Tiberias from the south. 232 x 152 mm. A view looking towards the houses of the town which run down to the shores of Lake Tiberias, with roman ruins in the foreground, described by Frith as : 'a most wretchedly forlorn and dirty-looking assemblage of houses, or hovels of ultra-oriental character.'.
Creator: Frith, Francis, 1822-1898, photographer.
Fair condition, apart from water staining along one edge and slight fading in from edges.. |
circa 1857 |
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Banias, the ancient Caesarea Philippi. 229 x 162 mm. A view showing overgrown and crumbling ruins at Banias, forty miles south west of Damascus, with hills in the background.
Creator: Frith, Francis, 1822-1898, photographer.
Fair condition, some water staining along one edge, and fading in from edges.. |
circa 1857 |
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The colonnade, Island of Philae. 226 x 155mm. A view looking south along the colonnade on the western side of the island which leads to the Great Temple, with the Nile beyond and the granite formations on the Island of Biggeh in the background.
Creator: Frith, Francis, 1822-1898, photographer.
Poor condition, overall fading and water staining along one edge.. |
circa 1857 |
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Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives, No 1. 231 x 160 mm. A view, taken from just below the Church of the Ascension, looking down on the city showing the densely packed buildings surrounded by the high city wall. The prominent domed building is the Mosque of Omar. The Garden of Gethsemene lies outside the walls at the right of the print.
Creator: Frith, Francis, 1822-1898, photographer.
Fair condition, water staining along one edge and slight fading in from edges.. |
circa 1857 |
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Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives, No 2. 230 x 154 mm. A panoramic view taken from just below the Church of the Ascension showing the northwest section of the city (Betheza) with the Valley of Jehoshaphat in the foreground and St. Stephen's Gate at the left of the print.
Creator: Frith, Francis, 1822-1898, photographer.
Fair condition, some overall fading and water staining along one edge.. |
circa 1857 |
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Pylon gateway at Medinet Haboo [Habu]. 155 x 230 mm. A view showing the massive gateway with sculptured hieroglyphics leading to an inner courtyard at Medinet Haboo, on the western bank of the Nile at Thebes. Frith comments: 'But perhaps nothing will strike the traveller more, as he wanders through these wonderful ruins, than the succession of pylon-gateways, leading from one immense sculptured court to another. The one now represented is, I believe, the third from the entrance.'.
Creator: Frith, Francis, 1822-1898, photographer.
Fair condition, but fading in from edges and with some water staining on bottom edge of print.. |
circa 1857 |
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Portico of the temple, Dendera. 233 x 153 mm. The wrong photograph has been mounted here, this view being a copy of Y30214A/34 and showing the interior courtyard of Medinet Haboo (Habu).
Creator: Frith, Francis, 1822-1898, photographer.
Fair condition, water staining along one edge.. |
circa 1857 |
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Temple of Goorneh, Nubia. 229 x 153 mm. A view showing the low pillared facade of the temple, which, according to Frith is: 'exteriorly, one of the least imposing of the ruins of Thebes', with two Arabs standing among the sandy rubble in the foreground.
Creator: Frith, Francis, 1822-1898, photographer.
Fair condition, water staining along one edge.. |
circa 1857 |
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Pillars in the great hall, Karnac. 221 x 163 mm. A view showing the densely packed columns of the great hall sculptured with hieroglyphics and with an Arab standing in the foreground. Frith comments: 'The effect which the builders appear to have had in view in this remarkable crowding together of enormous columns, is the combined impression of vastness and power - almost of awe - which they produce upon the mind when standing amongst them; and nowhere is this effect attained so perfectly as at Karnac.'.
Creator: Frith, Francis, 1822-1898, photographer.
Fair condition, water staining along one edge, slight overall fading.. |
circa 1857 |
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The Tyropean Valley. 229 x 156 mm. A view showing a section of southern Jerusalem with thick growths of prickly pear cactus in the foreground, the houses of the town beyond and the dome of the Mosque of Omar visible behind two cypress trees. The remains of ancient bridge or viaduct, known as 'Dr Robinson's Arch' can be seen just to the right of centre of the print .
Creator: Frith, Francis, 1822-1898, photographer.
Fair condition, but water staining along one edge.. |
circa 1857 |
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Assouan [Aswan]. 228 x 157 mm. A fine landscape taken from the top of a hill opposite the Isle of Elephantine and looking north along the Nile. Two Europeans stand in the foreground watching the scene below where dhows are moored along the riverbank unloading produce. The town itself is visible on the skyline in the distance.
Creator: Frith, Francis, 1822-1898, photographer.
Good condition, apart from water staining along one edge.. |
circa 1857 |
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Ramleh [Ramla]. 234 x 162 mm. A view looking towards the town of Ramleh with ruined archways in the foreground. Frith describes it in his commentary as: 'a good and thoroughly oriental town, familiar to all travellers in Palestine.' On the skyline stands a mosque, formerly (according to Frith) the Church of St. John.
Creator: Frith, Francis, 1822-1898, photographer.
Fair condition, water staining along one edge and slight fading in from edges.. |
circa 1857 |
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South edge of the Island of Philae. 235 x 156 mm. A view looking across the Nile towards the riverwall and temples of Philae. Visible behind the wall are part of Pharaoh's Bed and the pylon gateways of the Great Temple.
Creator: Frith, Francis, 1822-1898, photographer.
Good condition, apart from water staining along one edge.. |
circa 1857 |
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Valley of the Tombs of the Kings. 280 x 155 mm. A view looking along the bare landscape of the Valley of the Tombs of the Kings at Thebes, with donkeys standing in the road in the foreground. Frith comments: 'they are situated at a distance of five or six miles from the river, at the extremity of a deep and romantic gorge in the mountains. The entire course of this ravine presents a spectacle of desolate grandeur, which is in the highest degree impressive ... There is not a blade of grass, nor a sign of life except when a solitary vulture wheels overhead, or a jackal is seen stealing among the hot loose stones. An artificial road has been cut in the bottom of the gorge - this is represented in my view, which is taken from a spot near the termination of the valley, where the tombs commence.'.
Creator: Frith, Francis, 1822-1898, photographer.
Fair condition, water staining along one edge and slight fading.. |
circa 1857 |
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Absalom's Tomb, Jerusalem. 150 x 212 mm. A view showing the square stone sepulchre with a spine standing on the rocky hillside in the Valley of Jehosphaphat east of Jerusalem.
Creator: Frith, Francis, 1822-1898, photographer.
Good condition, apart from water staining along one edge.. |
circa 1857 |
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Doum palm and ruined mosque, Philae. 229 x 164 mm. A pleasing composition looking up towards the ruined mosque and the rocky hillside from the bank of the Nile, with a clump of palms in the foreground.
Creator: Frith, Francis, 1822-1898, photographer.
Fair condition, water staining along one edge.. |
circa 1857 |
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Rock tombs and Belzoni's Pyramid, Gizeh [Giza]. 230 x 156 mm. A view showing the entrance to a rock tomb in the foreground with a European and two Arabs encamped beside the cave. In the background stands Belzoni's pyramid, the second largest of the pyramids of Gizeh which was entered by Belzoni in 1816.
Creator: Frith, Francis, 1822-1898, photographer.
Fair condition, water staining along one edge.. |
circa 1857 |
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Cleopatra's Temple at Erment [Armant]. 157 x 229 mm. A view showing the ruins of Cleopatra's Temple (about five miles south of Thebes) with an Arab sitting on broken rubble in the foreground.
Creator: Frith, Francis, 1822-1898, photographer.
Fair condition, water staining along one edge and some fading in from edges.. |
circa 1857 |
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Crocodile on a sand bank. 233 x 156 mm. A view showing a large crocodile (probably dead) on the banks of the Nile in the Philae region.
Creator: Frith, Francis, 1822-1898, photographer.
Fair condition, water staining along one edge and some fading in from edges.. |
circa 1857 |
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The broken obelisk, Karnac. 226 x 160 mm. A view showing a European and two Arabs standing among the ruins of Kamac in front of the fallen obelisk. IN the background stand the Hall of Columns and another obelisk.
Creator: Frith, Francis, 1822-1898, photographer.
Fair condition, water staining along one edge and some fading in from edges.. |
circa 1857 |
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The statues of Memnon, plain of Thebes. 150 x 224 mm. A view showing a close up of the statues in a vertical formal. There is an European holding a rifle, and a camel, standing in the foreground.
Creator: Frith, Francis, 1822-1898, photographer. |
circa 1857 |
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View on the Island of Philae. 229 x 152 mm. A view showing part of the temple of Isis and the colonnade leading up to it, with broken rubble and stone in the foreground.
Creator: Frith, Francis, 1822-1898, photographer.
Fair condition, water staining along one edge and some fading in from edges.. |
circa 1857 |
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The temple palace, Medinet Haboo [Habu]. 233 x 156 mm. A view showing the ruins of the Palace of Rameses II at Medinet Haboo with an Arab and his horse standing in the courtyard in the foreground.
Creator: Frith, Francis, 1822-1898, photographer.
Fair condition, water staining along one edge and fading in from edges.. |
circa 1857 |
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Bethany. 231 x 157 mm. A view looking over the village of Bethany and showing small fields enclosed by stone walls with the houses of the inhabitants beyond.
Creator: Frith, Francis, 1822-1898, photographer.
Poor condition, water staining along one edge and some overall fading.. |
circa 1857 |
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The temple of Maharraka, Nubia. 227 x 155 mm. A view showing the imposing columns and ruins of the unfinished temple of Maharraka.
Creator: Frith, Francis, 1822-1898, photographer.
Fair condition, water staining along one edge.. |
circa 1857 |
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Portico of the temple of Gerf Hossayn, Nubia. 231 x 144 mm. A view showing part of the ruins of the temple of Gerf Hossayn, situated on a hill about 65 miles above the first cataract of the Nile.
Creator: Frith, Francis, 1822-1898, photographer.
Poor condition, some overall fading and yellowing.. |
circa 1857 |
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Early morning at Wady Kardassy, Nubia. 156 x 203 mm. A view of the ruins of Wady Kardassy, taken from the side of the building facing the Nile.
Creator: Frith, Francis, 1822-1898, photographer.
Poor condition, water staining along one edge and some overall fading and yellowing.. |
circa 1857 |
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