Euphrates at Kiakhta (modern Kâhta)
| Department | Archive |
|---|---|
| Collection | BSA SPHS Image Collection |
| Reference No. | BSA SPHS 01/2212.5805 |
| Level | Item |
| Description | Glass negative, quarter plate size, a copy negative. |
| Condition | Black ink used to mask impurities in the sky and a rounded edge mask applied, possibly for the production of a lantern slide. |
| Dimensions | 10.5 x 8 cm |
| Place |
Kahta |
| Dates | 1894 |
| Donor/Creator |
Munro, Mr John Arthur Ruskin Hogarth, Mr David George Yorke, Mr Vincent W. |
| Project | Hogarth Travels 1891-1904 |
| Scope and Content | Part of a group of images from the 1894 travels of Hogarth, Yorke and others up the Euphrates as described in Hogarth's 1896 book, A Wandering Scholar in the Levant. The original description in the SPHS catalogue reads: "Asia Minor: Euphrates at Khalfat". |
| Notes | Date attributed to the year in which Hogarth, Yorke and others to explore the Euphrates - see A Wandering Scholar in the Levant 1896 and York in 1896 Geographical Journal 8(5): 453-472. SPHS Register lists both Hogarth and Munro as donors, although it is clear that this was taken on the 1894 expedition up the Euphrates when Hogarth was with Yorke and others, not Munro. This image was used in the SPHS Slide Set by D.G. Hogarth (ca. 1923) Alexander the Great, slide number 31; also in Slide Set by B.I. and I.A. Lawrence (ca. 1933) The Expedition of Cyrus & Xenophon's Anabasis, slide number 30. |
| Reference |
1896. Geographical Journal. 8 (4): 321. 1904 JHS 24: Catalogue of Slides. xci.SPHS 5805. Link to article 1913 JHS 33: Catalogue of Slides. 15.SPHS 5805. Link to article 1921 JHS 41: Slide Sets. lxiv.SPHS 5805. Link to article |