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232 x 155 mm. A view showing the two vast seated statues of Amenophis III which were erected in front of the mortuary temple, now disappeared. In the foreground are two Europeans and an Egyptian. The central figure (leaning on a rifle) is identified in 'Creative Camera' (December 1979) in a similar, though not identical view, as being Frith himself.

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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.

Scope and Contents 219 x 156 mm. A view looking towards the summit of Gebel Moosa from a plateau on lower ground. Frith comments: 'The view is taken from the high irregular plateau from which rises the loftiest summit ... The perpendicular forms of the granite of the rounded height, utterly bared by the storms, rise grandly from the base, covered, like the lower region in the foreground, with washed-down fragments. Immediately before us is a deserted tract, among the loose stones of which grow prickly...

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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.

Scope and Contents 227 x 161 mm. Frith comments:'This view represents a charismatic portion of the Wadee El-Mukattab. To the left is seen the entrance of one of the natural caves in which the district abounds, the supposed dwellings of the ancient Horim. The sharp forms of the rock, the deep shade within, and the graduations of the lighter surface, with its strange Sinaitic inscriptions, are beautifullu rendered. Before the rock a group of thorny desert-shrubs grow from the sand ... In the distance is the...

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245 x 200 mm. glossy print.

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159 x 146 mm. A view showing wounded soldiers in a covered cart in Cairo.

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70 x 45 mm. Showing three women sat outside drinking from glasses. Behind them, and beyond the vegetation, the slope of a pyramid is visible.

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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.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: A collection of albums, containing captioned black and white photographs, taken by one, or more, people travelling in the same group. The albums form a photographic account of a six-month long touring holiday.Of the albums, the first ten are all of the same style and manufacture and each has an embossed title on the front. They follow the journey chronologically. The remaining two contain a smaller selection of images from the same journey, again in chronological order. They are...

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210 x 283 mm. Showing a group of European tourists posed on the lower levels of a pyramid with their Egyptian guides.

Scope and Contents Vellum bound illustrated diary that describes Laing's journey through Great Britain (chiefly Scotland), July-September 1874 (pp. 1-32); France, Switzerland and Italy, September-December (pp. 33-144); Greece and Asia Minor, December (pp. 144-186); Egypt, December 1874-January 1875 (pp. 188-216); the Suez Canal and Palestine, January (pp. 218-270); and Egypt, 17-25 January; ending at Keneh with the note 'Continued in Vol. II' (pp. 272-286). The journey was apparently made in the company of an...

Scope and Contents The diary describes Laing's journey through Great Britain (chiefly Scotland), July-September 1874 (pp. 1-32); France, Switzerland and Italy, September-December (pp. 33-144); Greece and Asia Minor, December (pp. 144-186); Egypt, December 1874-January 1875 (pp. 188-216); the Suez Canal and Palestine, January (pp. 218-270); and Egypt, 17-25 January; ending at Keneh with the note 'Continued in Vol. II' (pp. 272-286). The journey was apparently made in the company of an American, T.E. Screven...

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247 x 196 mm. Location unidentified.

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45 x 65 mm. Showing troops at inspection. Location unidentified but probably Egypt.

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274 x 212 mm. Showing a group of British soldiers posed beneath the Sphinx at Giza, with Pyramids in the background. The photograph probably dates from 1882, after the British victory of the Battle of Tel-el-Kebir.

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280 x 218 mm. A view looking along the canal with ships moored on the far bank, and a troopship steaming up the canal. The station is the cluster of bungalows, with a flagstaff, on the far bank-presumably military garrisons, or stopping-off places on the journey (descendants of Waghorn’s stations on the overland route from Cairo to Suez?)

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45 x 70 mm.

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65 x 45 mm. Showing Tymms and others stood beside a moored boat. Location unidentified but probably Egypt.

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45 x 75 mm. Showing Tymms and a woman both sat on camels. A caption on the album page reads 'Cairo and Baghdad', but it is not clear the exact location of this particular image.

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45 x 60 mm. Showing a large building with a dome and tower. Location unidentified, but probably Egypt.

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45 x 70 mm. Showing a view of a large building, with a number of large metal drums on their sides in the street. A caption on the album page reads 'Cairo and Baghdad', but it is not clear the exact location of this particular image.

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60 x 80 mm. Showing a small building. Location unidentified but probably Egypt.

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90 x 60 mm. Showing a large domed building with a camel train in the foreground. Location unidentified but probably Egypt.

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45 x 65 mm. Location unidentified, but probably Egypt.