Buildings - Egypt

Date: 1970s

From: Aydon, Godfrey William, 1911-1981: Collection relating to service in World War II

By: Smith, Sydney Charles, 1888-1972

Reference: PA1-q-1245

Description: Album of photographs taken and collected by Godfrey William Aydon during his service in World War II, circa 1941 to 1945. Album compiled by Aydon's daughter Liz in the 1970s. Some prints have Aydon's writing on the back and these descriptions have been transcribed for album captions. Locations have been identified for most other prints. Photographers of commercial prints are unidentified. Album is divided into sections titled "People", "Cairo", "Alexandria", Jerusalem", "Nazareth", and "Beiriut". With the exception of the "People" section, the photographs are mainly from commercial tourist sets. Identified military personnel are Aydon, Russel Kirkby, Alex Inkster, Ross, Jack, and Goff. In some images some men hold or stand by guns. Other photographs relating to military life include the interior of Aydon's tent, the interior of the mess tent, and unidentified men in uniform on a doorstep holding two geese. Local people also feature, including unidentified men laying bricks and a man identified as "George", the Greek proprietor of George's Bar, who is pictured outside his establishment with a group of soldiers. The "People" section of the album includes a group portrait of soldiers in front of barracks at Trentham Army Camp taken by S. C. Smith. Images of cities and towns that Aydon visited include scenic images, cityscapes, and famous sites. Images of note include the Nile River in flood, millet fields, Cairo Citadel, Jerusalem War Cemetery and Memorial, and a number of churches and mosques. Also includes labels from Regal and Stella Light beer bottles (both made in Cairo, Egypt). Inscriptions: Recto - top left - To Dad | With lots of love | Mike + Liz Arrangement: Three prints, which had fallen from their album page, have been placed in an enclosure between the last page and back cover of the album. Photograph album was gifted to Aydon by his daughter Liz and son-in-law Mike. Quantity: 1 album(s) containing 118 b&w original photographs, and 6 items of ephemera (beer labels). Physical Description: Instant stick album with photographic vista of mountain and lake on front and rear cover, spiral bound, 28.6 x 24.8

Date: 1982-1996

From: Feeney, John Patrick, 1922-2006 :Photographs

Reference: PA12-6394

Description: The City of the Dead (Qarafa) cemetery, Cairo. Large tombs with domes and minarets. Details of buildings. The Egyptians who live in the cemetery. Egyptian antiquities and details of the stone used by ancient Egyptians in their buildings and sculpture. Quantity: 20 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler tranparencies, 35mm, mounted

Date: 1964-1978

From: Feeney, John Patrick, 1922-2006 :Photographs

Reference: PA12-6374

Description: Antiquities of ancient Egypt. Included are Bas reliefs. Sculptures lining the approach to a building. Partly completed obelisk in quarry. Fallen statue. The step pyramid. Detail of people ascending a pyramid. The colossi of Abu Simbel. Various sculptures including one of The god Horus. Quantity: 23 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler tranparencies, 35mm, mounted

Date: 1973

From: Feeney, John Patrick, 1922-2006 :Photographs

Reference: PA12-6367

Description: Details of buildings. Windows covered with latice screens (mushrabiya). Small monument with marble curtains. Domed tombs in the City of the Dead. Quantity: 23 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler tranparencies, 35mm, mounted

Date: [ca2003]

From: Feeney, John Patrick, 1922-2006 :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-9158-3

Description: Mosques, domes, minarets, other details of buildings and their decoration. Associated slides at PA12-4246 to PA12-6262 Photocopies represent John Feeney's selection of illustrations for an article on the splendours of Cairo. Quantity: 36 photocopy/ies. 1 digital print(s).

Date: 1965-1996

From: Feeney, John Patrick, 1922-2006 :Photographs

Reference: PA12-6293

Description: Views and details of Cairo's historic buildings. These include domed tombs in the City of the Dead (Qarafa Cemetery). Interiors and details of unidentified mosques. Photographed by John Feeney from 1965 to 1996. Quantity: 23 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler tranparencies, 35mm, mounted

Date: 1965-1989

From: Feeney, John Patrick, 1922-2006 :Photographs

Reference: PA12-6373

Description: Ornamental doorways. Domes and minarets. Tombs in the city of the dead. An architectural plan. Window lattice (mushrabiya). Painting of a battle. Ancient Egyptian bas relief. View of obelisks at Karnak. View of the pyramids at sunset. Sail boats on the Nile. Quantity: 20 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler tranparencies, 35mm, mounted

Date: 1928

From: Living, John Frederick, d 1978 :Photographs of the South Seas Exhibition and holidays

Reference: PA1-o-1057

Description: Commercial photographs and postcards collected on a trip to England in 1928. They include Perth Western Australia, the Suez Canal, Port said and Cairo in Egypt, Naples and Pompei in Italy, Toulon and Paris in France as well as a group showing the interiors of the Royal Palace at Fontainebleau, Windsor Castle, St Albans, Stratford on Avon, and Oxford in England. There is a photograph of the liner "Osterly", and others showing its first class public rooms. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1980-1997

From: Feeney, John Patrick, 1922-2006 :Photographs

Reference: PA12-6347

Description: Egyptian shadow puppets. Minarets. Exterior architectural details of buildings. Windows. Architectural plans. Engravings of a mill and weapons. Quantity: 23 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler tranparencies, 35mm, mounted

From: [Walsh, Philip] 1843-1914 :[Middle East and New Zealand sketchbook] 1883-1892.

Reference: E-369-041/042

Description: A scene at Gare in the Suez Canal showing buildings on the right Quantity: 1 drawing(s) (double page). Physical Description: Pencil drawing 105 x 368 mm

Date: 1982-1996

From: Feeney, John Patrick, 1922-2006 :Photographs

Reference: PA12-6392

Description: The City of the Dead (Qarafa) cemetery, Cairo. Large tombs with domes and minarets. Details of buildings. The Egyptians who live in the cemetery. Quantity: 23 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler tranparencies, 35mm, mounted

Date: 1984-1989

From: Feeney, John Patrick, 1922-2006 :Photographs

Reference: PA12-6359

Description: Domed interior. Stone passages and other interior spaces (probably in the Cidadel). A gateway. A domed turret. A courtyard. Quantity: 23 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler tranparencies, 35mm, mounted

Date: 1870 - 1879

From: Richmond, Christopher William, 1821-1895 :Sketch book ; sketches numbered 1 to 74 [i.e. 95] / [by] C W Richmond.

Reference: E-284-028

Description: Shows buildings in Egypt or nearby, including a minaret in the background Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 89 x 128 mm

Date: 1978-1994

From: Feeney, John Patrick, 1922-2006 :Photographs

Reference: PA12-6292

Description: The pyramids and the Sphinx at night. Fallen statues, Memphis. Views and details of Cairo's historic buildings. These include domed tombs in the City of the Dead (Qarafa Cemetery). Statue of Ibrahim Pasha. Interiors and details of unidentified buildings. Photographed by John Feeney from 1978 to 1994. Quantity: 19 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler tranparencies, 35mm, mounted

Date: [ca2004]

From: Feeney, John Patrick, 1922-2006 :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-9158-2

Description: Cairo street markets, domes, minarets, and details of Cairo's medieval buildings. Some images are copies of 19th century coloured engravings. Included are the Khan of the Sebil. Sultan Barquq's tomb. Emir Khaybak's tomb. Tombs in the City of the Dead (Quarafa). City gate (Bab Zuwayla). View of Sultan Ghawar's Qasaba (Cairo's main street). Sultan Hassan's mosque. Ahmad Ibn Tulun's ninth century palace city el Katai. Vegetable stalls in a street market. Modern water seller. Ninteenth century coffee seller. A cart load of melons. View of food market in front of the city gate. Stacks of garlic in a market. Bas relief of an ancient Egyptian carrying a tray of food and leading a goat. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 5 colour original photographic print(s). 22 digital print(s). 3 colour photo-mechanical print(s). 1 photocopy/ies.

Date: 1976-1982

From: Feeney, John Patrick, 1922-2006 :Photographs

Reference: PA12-6320

Description: Portrait of Hassan Fathi, Cairo, and of an elderly unidentified European woman. Various photographs of Egypt which include the monuments of ancient Egypt, Egyptians on the street, performers in theatre, a street seller selling pottery, and people picnicing in a cemetery. Photographed by John Feeney from 1976 to 1982. Quantity: 21 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler tranparencies, 35mm, mounted

Date: 1971-1982

From: Feeney, John Patrick, 1922-2006 :Photographs

Reference: PA12-6395

Description: Egyptian antiquities and details of the stone used by ancient Egyptians in their buildings and sculpture. Quantity: 23 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler tranparencies, 35mm, mounted

Date: 1984-1996

From: Feeney, John Patrick, 1922-2006 :Photographs

Reference: PA12-6354

Description: Exterior architectural details of buildings. Qarafa Cemetery. Domes and minarets. Engravings of a metal or glass vessel and dish. Stained glass window. Quantity: 23 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler tranparencies, 35mm, mounted

Date: 1916 - 1917

From: McFarlane, Francis Ledingham, 1888-1948 :[Sketches from war service in India and the Middle East, 1919-1918] / F L McFarlane

Reference: E-288-q-014

Description: A sketch of stone carving detail, showing lions, on the palace at Heliopolis known as the Belgian Palace. It was built in 1907 by Baron Edouard Empain, a Belgian engineer and entrepreneur. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour, on page, 230 x 140 mm.

Date: 1982-2000

From: Feeney, John Patrick, 1922-2006 :Photographs

Reference: PA12-6391

Description: Decorative architectural details of the sabil (public drinking fountain) of the Sultan Qaytbay, Cairo. The City of the Dead (Qarafa) cemetery, Cairo. Photographs of large tombs with domes and minarets. Details of buildings. The Egyptians who live in the cemetery. Quantity: 22 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler tranparencies, 35mm, mounted