| Title |
Egyptian scenes |
| Reference |
GBR/0115/Y3041C |
| Creator |
McLeish, Donald, 1879-1950, photographer |
| Covering Dates |
circa 1921 |
| Extent and Medium |
8 images in 1 file; Prints are in generally good condition. |
| Repository |
Cambridge University Library: Royal Commonwealth Society Library |
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| Content and context |
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Donald McLeish was a commercial photographer active in the Middle East and England during the 1920s. He took many views in Egypt in the 1920s.
Loose photographs, measuring approximately 204 x 190 mm, with handwritten captions on their borders (shortened for this catalogue). The prints show scenes, mainly archaeological, in Egypt.
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Access and Use
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Please contact the Smuts Librarian for South Asian and Commonwealth Studies for further details of the copyright holder.
Please cite as Cambridge University Library: Royal Commonwealth Society Library, Egyptian scenes, Y3041C
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| Further information |
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Indexed
This collection level description was entered by PJ using information from the original typescript catalogue.
This collection is available on microfiche: Africa, fiche numbers 15.
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| Index Terms |
| Africa |
| Egypt |
| McLeish, Donald (1879-1950) photographer |
| RCS/Y3041C contains: |
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Bedouin praying. 241 x 192 mm. A view showing a Bedouin Muslim kneeling in the sand at Giza with the Sphinx and Pyramids of Giza in the background.
Good condition.. |
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2
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Threshing wheat on an Egyptian farm. 241 x 192 mm. A view showing two Egyptians threshing a pile of wheat with ox-drawn wooden machinery. The Great Pyramid stands in the background.
Good codnition.. |
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View from the Great Pyramid. 241 x 193 mm. A view from the top of the Great Pyramid of Cheops looking south-west towards the second and third pyramids (the Khefren and Menkewre pyramids), with the Libyan desert in the background.
Good condition, apart from slight fading in from edges.. |
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4
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The Avenue of Sphinxes at Karnak. 241 x 193 mm. A view looking down on a section of the Avenue of Sphinxes which leads from the Temple of Mut to the Temple of Amenophis II at Karnac. Erected by Rameses II.
Good condition, apart from slight fading in from edges.. |
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Island of Philae under water. 241 x 193 mm. A view showing the Temple of Isis and Phaoraoh's Bed (Temple of Harendotes) on the island of Philae, under several feet of water from the reservoir at Aswan.
Fair condition, some fading and dirt marks.. |
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A Bisharin warrior at Aswan. 192 x 241 mm. A view showing a young warrior posing for the camera and holding a long sword.
Good condition.. |
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Ploughing with a camel team. 242 x 192 mm. A view showing an Egyptian farmer ploughing with a camel team, with the Nile in the background.
Good condition, apart from small tear at one corner.. |
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Egyptian children at Esna. 241 x 193 mm. A view showing a group of children in the market place at Esna.
Good condition, apart from slight fading at edges.. |
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