| RCS/Y30214A-C/Y30214C contains: |
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| 1 |
The street called Straight, Damascus |
| 2 |
Mount Horeb, Sinai |
| 3 |
Mount Serbal, from the Wadee Feyran |
| 4 |
The Convent of Sinai and Plain of Er-Raha |
| 5 |
The Wadee El-Mukattab, Sinai |
| 6 |
Sinaitic inscriptions in Wadee El-Mukattab |
| 7 |
The summit of Gebel Moosa, Sinai |
| 8 |
View Hebron |
| 9 |
Hebron with the mosque covering the Cave of Macpelah |
| 10 |
Gaza (the Old Town) |
| 11 |
Samson's Gate, Gaza |
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Albums by Francis Frith
| Title |
The Convent of Sinai and Plain of Er-Raha |
| Reference |
Y30214C/4 |
| Creator |
Frith, Francis, 1822-1898, photographer |
| Covering Dates |
circa 1860 |
| Extent and Medium |
Good condition. |
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| Content and context |
225 x 159 mm. A view looking over a harsh and rocky valley landscape. Frith comments: 'In the view we look down the valley in which the convent stands towards the Plain of Er-Raha. The scene is strangely desolate. In the immediate foreground, up to the convent walls, stretches an arid tract strewn with broken fragments of rock, some of which are of vast size, as we see by comparing them with the little encampment in front. The fortress-like convent rises finely in the distance, and further still the Plain of Er-Raha is spread out beneath the encircling mountains, among which, to the left, in the extremest distance, may be seen the lofty ridge of Serbal.' |
| Further information |
Indexed |
| Index Terms |
| Africa |
| Desert |
| Egypt |
| Janub Sina' |
| Sinai |
| Frith, Francis (1822-1898) photographer |
| No further on-line information. |
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