The Holy Land, Egypt, Constantinople, Athens, etc. etc

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"The 48 photographs that appeared in the 1866 quarto volume consisted of ten images from Egypt; 25 from the Holy Land; one from Damascus; four from Lebanon (three of Baalbek); one of the island of Patmos; three of Istanbul; and four of Athens. The first photograph in the book was a group portrait taken in front of the pyramids at Giza, while the remaining nine images from Egypt were of architecture. The 25 images from the Holy Land can be further subdivided: of the 11 images from Jerusalem, seven are of architectural features (three images are from the Haram al-Sharif) and four are of landscape; whereas in the remaining 14 images, six are landscapes, five are townscapes, and one image is of an object (a Samaritan Pentateuch scroll). The book{u2019}s appearance by at least late 1866 suggests that it was issued as the folio series neared completion; in fact, it was expressly described as a cheaper alternative." -- "Holy Land Photographs and Their Worlds: Francis Bedford and the {u2018}Tour in the East,{u2019}" by Linda Wheatley-Irving.

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