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Priests and Servants of the Convent of St. Katherine

Photograph
1869 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Stereograph of five men standing by a door of a convent. Mounted on bright yellow card and lettered on the reverse with group title, individual title and an official stamp reading 'Photographical Department, War Office'.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitlePriests and Servants of the Convent of St. Katherine (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Stereograph albumen print
Brief description
Stereoscopic photograph depicting 'Priests and Servants of the Convent of St. Katherine', no. 33 in a series of Ordnance Survey of Sinai photographs by Royal Engineers for the War Office Topographical Department. Egypt, 1869.
Physical description
Stereograph of five men standing by a door of a convent. Mounted on bright yellow card and lettered on the reverse with group title, individual title and an official stamp reading 'Photographical Department, War Office'.
Dimensions
  • Image height: 85mm
  • Image width: 72mm
  • Card height: 86mm
  • Card width: 175mm
Dimensions taken from departmental notes
Marks and inscriptions
  • War Office Topographical Department (On reverse, top left)
  • 33 (On reverse, top right)
  • Ordnance Survey of Sinai. / 1869. / Priests and Servants of the Convent of St. Katherine. (On reverse)
Subjects depicted
Places depicted
Collection
Accession number
E.1333-1992

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Record createdMarch 17, 2009
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