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Call Number:

PH-00916

Collection Name:

Sinai and Palestine

Creator:

, 1822 - 1898, active 1850/1859 - 1860/1869

No. of Items:

37 items in 1 volume

Span Dates:

1862–1863

Description:

Sinai and Palestine (London: William Mackenzie, 1862–1863) is a photographically illustrated book containing 37 photographs by Francis Frith (British, 1822–1898), made between 1857 and 1860. It is volume I of the second, enlarged edition of the four-volume series Egypt, Palestine, and Nubia. The first edition issued each title in two separately bound volumes (eight volumes total); the second edition consolidates each into a single bound volume. Each volume in the series corresponds to a distinct region photographed by Frith during his three expeditions to the Middle East.

Bound in quarter green leather with green cloth-covered boards and gilt-stamped lettering, with gilt edges, the volume contains 37 albumen prints mounted on card, comprising 36 interior plates and an illustrated title page, each accompanied by descriptive letterpress. The front pastedown bears the armorial bookplate of Bridgewater Library.

The photographs depict landscapes and architectural sites of historical and religious significance, particularly those associated with biblical narratives. Locations include the Sinai Peninsula; Hebron (Al-Khalil); Gaza; Jerusalem (Al-Quds); Nablus (Shechem); Nazareth; Tiberias; Banias (Caesarea Philippi); Damascus; Baalbek; and Mount Lebanon. The photographs are accompanied by Frith's descriptive text, which combines historical commentary with personal observations, reflecting both documentary intent and the Victorian taste for armchair travel.

This volume is part of the Gernsheim Collection, purchased in 1963.

Accession No(s):

964:0508:0001-0037

Location(s):

f DS 108.5 F7 HRC-P (964:0508:0001-0037)
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Item(s):

Artist/Maker	, 1822 - 1898, active 1850/1859 - 1860/1869
Title	The Street Called Straight, Damascus [title page]
Date	1857–1860
Medium	Albumen print mounted on card
Dimensions	image: 14.5 x 11.4 cm; 5 7/10 x 4 1/2 in; mount: 31.6 x 43.6 cm; 12 2/5 x 17 1/5 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0508:0001

Artist/Maker	, 1822 - 1898, active 1850/1859 - 1860/1869
Title	Mount Horeb, Sinai
Date	1858–1860
Medium	Albumen print mounted on card
Dimensions	image: 16.1 x 23 cm; 6 3/10 x 9 1/10 in; mount: 31.6 x 43.6 cm; 12 2/5 x 17 1/5 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0508:0002

Artist/Maker	, 1822 - 1898, active 1850/1859 - 1860/1869
Title	Mount Serbál, from the Wádee Feyran
Date	1858–1860
Medium	Albumen print mounted on card
Dimensions	image: 15.8 x 22.2 cm; 6 1/5 x 8 7/10 in; mount: 31.6 x 43.6 cm; 12 2/5 x 17 1/5 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0508:0003

Artist/Maker	, 1822 - 1898, active 1850/1859 - 1860/1869
Title	The Convent of Sinai and Plain of Er-Raha
Date	1858–1860
Medium	Albumen print mounted on card
Dimensions	image: 15.9 x 22.2 cm; 6 3/10 x 8 7/10 in; mount: 31.6 x 43.6 cm; 12 2/5 x 17 1/5 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0508:0004

Artist/Maker	, 1822 - 1898, active 1850/1859 - 1860/1869
Title	The Wadee El-Mukattab, Sinai
Date	1858–1860
Medium	Albumen print mounted on card
Dimensions	image: 15.8 x 22.4 cm; 6 1/5 x 8 4/5 in; mount: 31.6 x 43.6 cm; 12 2/5 x 17 1/5 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0508:0005

Artist/Maker	, 1822 - 1898, active 1850/1859 - 1860/1869
Title	Sinaitic Inscriptions in Wadee El-Mukattab
Date	1858–1860
Medium	Albumen print mounted on card
Dimensions	image: 15.8 x 22.2 cm; 6 1/5 x 8 7/10 in; mount: 31.6 x 43.6 cm; 12 2/5 x 17 1/5 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0508:0006

Artist/Maker	, 1822 - 1898, active 1850/1859 - 1860/1869
Title	The Summit of Gebel Moosà, Sinai
Date	1858–1860
Medium	Albumen print mounted on card
Dimensions	image: 15.8 x 22.3 cm; 6 1/5 x 8 4/5 in; mount: 31.6 x 43.6 cm; 12 2/5 x 17 1/5 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0508:0007

Artist/Maker	, 1822 - 1898, active 1850/1859 - 1860/1869
Title	View at Hebron
Date	1857–1858
Medium	Albumen print mounted on card
Dimensions	image: 14.4 x 21.1 cm; 5 7/10 x 8 3/10 in; mount: 31.6 x 43.6 cm; 12 2/5 x 17 1/5 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0508:0008

Artist/Maker	, 1822 - 1898, active 1850/1859 - 1860/1869
Title	Hebron with Mosque Covering the Cave of Macpelah
Date	1857–1858
Medium	Albumen print mounted on card
Dimensions	image: 15.7 x 22.4 cm; 6 1/5 x 8 4/5 in; mount: 31.6 x 43.6 cm; 12 2/5 x 17 1/5 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0508:0009

Artist/Maker	, 1822 - 1898, active 1850/1859 - 1860/1869
Title	Gaza, (the Old Town)
Date	1858–1860
Medium	Albumen print mounted on card
Dimensions	image: 15.9 x 22.6 cm; 6 3/10 x 8 9/10 in; mount: 31.6 x 43.6 cm; 12 2/5 x 17 1/5 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0508:0010

Artist/Maker	, 1822 - 1898, active 1850/1859 - 1860/1869
Title	Samson's Gate, Gaza
Date	1858–1860
Medium	Albumen print mounted on card
Dimensions	image: 15.3 x 22.5 cm; 6 x 8 9/10 in; mount: 31.6 x 43.6 cm; 12 2/5 x 17 1/5 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0508:0011

Artist/Maker	, 1822 - 1898, active 1850/1859 - 1860/1869
Title	Jerusalem, from Mount Scopus
Date	1857–1858
Medium	Albumen print mounted on card
Dimensions	image: 15.9 x 22.1 cm; 6 3/10 x 8 7/10 in; mount: 31.6 x 43.6 cm; 12 2/5 x 17 1/5 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0508:0012

Artist/Maker	, 1822 - 1898, active 1850/1859 - 1860/1869
Title	Jerusalem, from the Well of En-Rogel
Date	1857–1858
Medium	Albumen print mounted on card
Dimensions	image: 16 x 22.2 cm; 6 3/10 x 8 7/10 in; mount: 31.6 x 43.6 cm; 12 2/5 x 17 1/5 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0508:0013

Artist/Maker	, 1822 - 1898, active 1850/1859 - 1860/1869
Title	The Mosque of Aksa, Jerusalem
Date	1857–1858
Medium	Albumen print mounted on card
Dimensions	image: 15.8 x 22.4 cm; 6 1/5 x 8 4/5 in; mount: 31.6 x 43.6 cm; 12 2/5 x 17 1/5 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0508:0014

Artist/Maker	, 1822 - 1898, active 1850/1859 - 1860/1869
Title	The Valley of Jehoshaphat, Jerusalem
Date	1858–1860
Medium	Albumen print mounted on card
Dimensions	image: 15.8 x 22.1 cm; 6 1/5 x 8 7/10 in; mount: 31.6 x 43.6 cm; 12 2/5 x 17 1/5 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0508:0015

Artist/Maker	, 1822 - 1898, active 1850/1859 - 1860/1869
Title	The Village of Siloam and Valley of Kidron
Date	1858–1860
Medium	Albumen print mounted on card
Dimensions	image: 15.9 x 22.2 cm; 6 3/10 x 8 7/10 in; mount: 31.6 x 43.6 cm; 12 2/5 x 17 1/5 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0508:0016

Artist/Maker	, 1822 - 1898, active 1850/1859 - 1860/1869
Title	Jerusalem, from the Mount of Olives
Date	1858
Medium	Albumen print mounted on card
Dimensions	image: 15.4 x 22.1 cm; 6 1/10 x 8 7/10 in; mount: 33.4 x 43.6 cm; 13 1/10 x 17 1/5 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0508:0017

Artist/Maker	, 1822 - 1898, active 1850/1859 - 1860/1869
Title	Entrance of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Date	1858–1860
Medium	Albumen print mounted on card
Dimensions	image: 23 x 16.4 cm; 9 1/10 x 6 1/2 in; mount: 31.6 x 43.6 cm; 12 2/5 x 17 1/5 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0508:0018

Artist/Maker	, 1822 - 1898, active 1850/1859 - 1860/1869
Title	Street View with the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem
Date	1858–1860
Medium	Albumen print mounted on card
Dimensions	image: 16.3 x 22.9 cm; 6 2/5 x 9 in; mount: 31.6 x 43.6 cm; 12 2/5 x 17 1/5 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0508:0019

Artist/Maker	, 1822 - 1898, active 1850/1859 - 1860/1869
Title	Church of the Ascension, Mount of Olives
Date	1858–1860
Medium	Albumen print mounted on card
Dimensions	image: 16 x 22.2 cm; 6 3/10 x 8 7/10 in; mount: 31.6 x 43.6 cm; 12 2/5 x 17 1/5 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0508:0020

Artist/Maker	, 1822 - 1898, active 1850/1859 - 1860/1869
Title	The Pool of Hezekiah, Jerusalem
Date	1857–1858
Medium	Albumen print mounted on card
Dimensions	image: 15.9 x 22.2 cm; 6 3/10 x 8 7/10 in; mount: 31.6 x 43.6 cm; 12 2/5 x 17 1/5 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0508:0021

Artist/Maker	, 1822 - 1898, active 1850/1859 - 1860/1869
Title	The Mosque of Omar, &c., Jerusalem
Date	1857–1858
Medium	Albumen print mounted on card
Dimensions	image: 15.2 x 22.3 cm; 6 x 8 4/5 in; mount: 31.6 x 43.6 cm; 12 2/5 x 17 1/5 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0508:0022

Artist/Maker	, 1822 - 1898, active 1850/1859 - 1860/1869
Title	The Pool of Bethesda, Jerusalem
Date	1857–1858
Medium	Albumen print mounted on card
Dimensions	image: 15.8 x 22.5 cm; 6 1/5 x 8 9/10 in; mount: 31.6 x 43.6 cm; 12 2/5 x 17 1/5 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0508:0023

Artist/Maker	, 1822 - 1898, active 1850/1859 - 1860/1869
Title	Absalom's Tomb, Jerusalem
Date	1857–1858
Medium	Albumen print mounted on card
Dimensions	image: 19.9 x 15.1 cm; 7 4/5 x 5 9/10 in; mount: 31.6 x 43.6 cm; 12 2/5 x 17 1/5 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0508:0024

Artist/Maker	, 1822 - 1898, active 1850/1859 - 1860/1869
Title	Convent of Mar-Saba
Date	1857
Medium	Albumen print mounted on card
Dimensions	image: 15.7 x 22.2 cm; 6 1/5 x 8 7/10 in; mount: 31.6 x 43.6 cm; 12 2/5 x 17 1/5 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0508:0025

Artist/Maker	, 1822 - 1898, active 1850/1859 - 1860/1869
Title	The North Shore of the Dead Sea
Date	1857–1858
Medium	Albumen print mounted on card
Dimensions	image: 15.1 x 21.1 cm; 5 9/10 x 8 3/10 in; mount: 31.6 x 43.6 cm; 12 2/5 x 17 1/5 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0508:0026

Artist/Maker	, 1822 - 1898, active 1850/1859 - 1860/1869
Title	Nablous, The Ancient Shechem
Date	1857–1858
Medium	Albumen print mounted on card
Dimensions	image: 15.8 x 22.4 cm; 6 1/5 x 8 4/5 in; mount: 31.6 x 43.6 cm; 12 2/5 x 17 1/5 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0508:0027

Artist/Maker	, 1822 - 1898, active 1850/1859 - 1860/1869
Title	Nazareth
Date	1857–1858
Medium	Albumen print mounted on card
Dimensions	image: 15.3 x 22.1 cm; 6 x 8 7/10 in; mount: 31.6 x 43.6 cm; 12 2/5 x 17 1/5 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0508:0028

Artist/Maker	, 1822 - 1898, active 1850/1859 - 1860/1869
Title	The Town and Lake of Tiberias, from the North
Date	1857–1858
Medium	Albumen print mounted on card
Dimensions	image: 15.5 x 22.2 cm; 6 1/10 x 8 7/10 in; mount: 31.6 x 43.6 cm; 12 2/5 x 17 1/5 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0508:0029

Artist/Maker	, 1822 - 1898, active 1850/1859 - 1860/1869
Title	Tiberias, from the South
Date	1857–1858
Medium	Albumen print mounted on card
Dimensions	image: 16.3 x 22.9 cm; 6 2/5 x 9 in; mount: 31.6 x 43.6 cm; 12 2/5 x 17 1/5 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0508:0030

Artist/Maker	, 1822 - 1898, active 1850/1859 - 1860/1869
Title	Banias, The Ancient Caesarea Philippi
Date	1857–1858
Medium	Albumen print mounted on card
Dimensions	image: 16 x 22.2 cm; 6 3/10 x 8 7/10 in; mount: 31.6 x 43.6 cm; 12 2/5 x 17 1/5 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0508:0031

Artist/Maker	, 1822 - 1898, active 1850/1859 - 1860/1869
Title	St. Paul's Wall, Damascus
Date	1857–1858
Medium	Albumen print mounted on card
Dimensions	image: 15.9 x 22.4 cm; 6 3/10 x 8 4/5 in; mount: 31.6 x 43.6 cm; 12 2/5 x 17 1/5 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0508:0032

Artist/Maker	, 1822 - 1898, active 1850/1859 - 1860/1869
Title	Distant View of Damascus
Date	1857–1858
Medium	Albumen print mounted on card
Dimensions	image: 16 x 22.2 cm; 6 3/10 x 8 7/10 in; mount: 31.6 x 43.6 cm; 12 2/5 x 17 1/5 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0508:0033

Artist/Maker	, 1822 - 1898, active 1850/1859 - 1860/1869
Title	Baalbec, from the South
Date	1857–1858
Medium	Albumen print mounted on card
Dimensions	image: 15.8 x 22.3 cm; 6 1/5 x 8 4/5 in; mount: 31.6 x 43.6 cm; 12 2/5 x 17 1/5 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0508:0034

Artist/Maker	, 1822 - 1898, active 1850/1859 - 1860/1869
Title	The Great Pillars and Smaller Temple, Baalbec
Date	1857–1858
Medium	Albumen print mounted on card
Dimensions	image: 22.4 x 15.8 cm; 8 4/5 x 6 1/5 in; mount: 31.6 x 43.6 cm; 12 2/5 x 17 1/5 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0508:0035

Artist/Maker	, 1822 - 1898, active 1850/1859 - 1860/1869
Title	The Circular Temple, Baalbec
Date	1857–1858
Medium	Albumen print mounted on card
Dimensions	image: 15.8 x 22.3 cm; 6 1/5 x 8 4/5 in; mount: 31.6 x 43.6 cm; 12 2/5 x 17 1/5 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0508:0036

Artist/Maker	, 1822 - 1898, active 1850/1859 - 1860/1869
Title	The Largest of the Cedars, Mount Lebanon
Date	1857–1858
Medium	Albumen print mounted on card
Dimensions	image: 15.9 x 22.1 cm; 6 3/10 x 8 7/10 in; mount: 31.6 x 43.6 cm; 12 2/5 x 17 1/5 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0508:0037

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