Cairo to Constantinople : Francis Bedford's photographs of the Middle East / Sophie Gordon ; introduction by John McCarthy ; with contributions from Badr El Hage and Alessandro Nasini.

Main entry:

Bedford, Francis, 1816-1894, photographer.

Title & Author:

Cairo to Constantinople : Francis Bedford's photographs of the Middle East / Sophie Gordon ; introduction by John McCarthy ; with contributions from Badr El Hage and Alessandro Nasini.

Publication:

[London] : Royal Collection Trust, 2013.

Description:

255 pages : illustrations (some color), facsimiles, maps, portraits ; 27 x 29 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-251) and index.
The perspective from Camden / John McCarthy -- Francis Bedford (1815-94): photographer to the Prince of Wales / Sophie Gordon -- 'A tour in the East' / Badr El Hage -- The Prince of Wales as a collector of antiquities / Alessandro Nasini -- The photographs: The Mediterranean -- Egypt -- The Holy Land -- Syria and Lebanon -- Turkey and Greece -- Francis Bedford: a chronology -- Appendix I: Catalogue of Francis Bedford's photographs from the 1862 tour -- Appendix 2: Day & Son Handlist from the 1862 exhibition.

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.

ISBN:

9781905686186 (hardback)
1905686188 (hardback)

Subject:

Bedford, Francis, 1816-1894.
Bedford, Francis, 1816-1894 Travel Middle East.
Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1841-1910 Travel Middle East.
Bedford, Francis.
Bedford, Francis Travel Middle East.
Edward VII Travel Middle East.
Edward VII.
Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1841-1910
Travel.
Photography.
Travel Middle East
Great Britain History Edward VII, 1901-1910 Pictorial works.
Middle East History 19th century Pictorial works.
Middle East Pictorial works.
Grande-Bretagne Histoire 1901-1910 (Édouard VII) Ouvrages illustrés.
Moyen-Orient Histoire 19e siècle Ouvrages illustrés.
Great Britain Edward VII, 1901-1910. History.
Middle East History 19th century.
Middle East.
Great Britain.
Eretz Israel History 19th century Pictorial works
1862

Form/genre:

History
Illustrated works.

Added entries:

Gordon, Sophie, writer of supplementary textual content.
McCarthy, John, writer of supplementary textual content.
Ḥājj, Badr, writer of supplementary textual content.
Nasini, Alessandro, writer of supplementary textual content.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 320327
Call No.: 320327
Notes: TR140.B411 B4 2013
Status: Available

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