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- Cities, citadels and sights of the Near East : Francis Bedford's nineteenth-century photographs of Egypt, the Levant, and Constantinople / text by Sophie Gordon and Badr El Hage
Cities, citadels and sights of the Near East : Francis Bedford's nineteenth-century photographs of Egypt, the Levant, and Constantinople / text by Sophie Gordon and Badr El Hage
Object Details
- Notes
- "First published by the Royal Collection Trust in 2011 under the title Cairo to Constantinople : Francis Bedford's Photographs of the Middle East"--Title page verso.
- Dar el Kutub no. 2058/14
- Summary
- In 1862 the leading British photographer Francis Bedford was commissioned by Queen Victoria to accompany her son and heir, the future King Edward VII, on an ambitious journey around the Middle East. This book documents that journey.
- Data Source
- Smithsonian Libraries
- Date
- 2014
- Edward VII, 1901-1910
- 19th century
- photographer
- Bedford, Francis 1816-1894
- writer of supplementary textual content
- Gordon, Sophie
- Ḥājj, Badr
- Subject
- Bedford, Francis 1816-1894
- Bedford, Francis 1816-1894 Travel
- Edward VII King of Great Britain 1841-1910 Travel
- Type
- Books
- Pictorial works
- History
- Physical description
- 154 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits ; 26 cm
- Place
- Middle East
- Great Britain
- Egypt
- Topic
- History
- Description and travel
- Record ID
- siris_sil_1048470
- Usage
- CC0
