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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.
Penn Museum Library DS44.5 .B43 2014
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bedford, Francis, 1816-1894, photographer.
- Standardized Title:
- Cairo to Constantinople
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1841-1910.
- Travel.
- Travel photography.
- History.
- Middle East--Description and travel--Pictorial works.
- Middle East.
- Middle East--History--19th century--Pictorial works.
- Egypt--Description and travel.
- Egypt.
- Egypt--Pictorial works.
- Travel photography--Middle East--History--19th century.
- Bedford, Francis, 1816-1894.
- Bedford, Francis.
- Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1841-1910--Travel--Middle East.
- Edward.
- Genre:
- Pictorial works.
- Illustrated works.
- Physical Description:
- 154 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cairo ; New York : The American University in Cairo Press, [2014]
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 153 -154).
- "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.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9774166701
- 9789774166709
- OCLC:
- 891699147
- Publisher Number:
- 99960569359
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