Euphrates above Malatya
| Department | Archive |
|---|---|
| Collection | BSA SPHS Image Collection |
| Reference No. | BSA SPHS 01/2213.5806 |
| 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 |
Euphrates above Malatya |
| 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 above Melitene". |
| 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. The image appears in the SPHS Slide Set by B.I. and I.A. Lawrence (ca. 1933) The Expedition of Cyrus & Xenophon's Anabasis, slide number 31. |
| Reference |
1900 JHS 20: Catalogue of Slides. lvii.Gc 48. Link to article 1904 JHS 24: Catalogue of Slides. xci.SPHS 5806. Link to article 1913 JHS 33: Catalogue of Slides. 15.SPHS 5806. Link to article |