Slide set: A thousand miles up the Nile (lecture: G.W. Wilson, 70 slides, 1891)

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Descriptive data for this set (listed below slide images)

Slide 1**

Map of Egypt

Slide 2

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Slide 3

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Slide 4

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Slide 5

Street in Cairo

Slide 6

Latticed Window of a House in Cairo

Slide 7

Cairo, from the Citadel

Slide 8

Mosque of Mohammed Ali, Cairo

Slide 9

Ablution Font, in Mosque of Mohammed Ali, Cairo

Slide 10

Cairo, looking towards the Citadel

Slide 11

Mosque of Tooloon, Cairo

Slide 12

Mosque of Sultan Kalaoon, Cairo

Slide 13

Mosque of El Kaitbey, Cairo

Slide 14

Mosque of Sultan Berkook, Cairo

Slide 15

Tombs of the Memlooks. Cairo

Slide 16

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Slide 17**

Ancient Fig Tree, Heliopolis

Slide 18

Obelisk of On

Slide 19

Mosque of Sultan Amer, Old Cairo

Slide 20

Nubian Boy, Old Cairo

Slide 21

Mummy of Rameses the Great, Geezeh Palace

Slide 22

Exterior of Mummy Cases

Slide 23**

Tri-lingual Inscription on Rosetta Stone

Slide 24**

Pyramids of Geezeh

Slide 25

Second Pyramid of Geezeh and Great Sphinx

Slide 26

Stepped Pyramid of Sakkara

Slide 27

Pyramids of Dashoor

Slide 28

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Slide 29

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Slide 30

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Slide 31

Plans of Egyptian Temples

Slide 32**

Colonnade in Great Hall of Temple of Seti I, Abydus

Slide 33

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Slide 34

Portico of Great Temple, Dendera

Slide 35

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Slide 36**

Temple of Luxor, Thebes, from the Nile

Slide 37**

Obelisk at Temple of Luxor, Thebes

Slide 38

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Slide 39

Pylons at Temple of Karnak, Thebes

Slide 40

Great Hall, Temple of Karnak, Thebes

Slide 41

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Slide 42

Columns of Great Hall, Temple of Karnak, Thebes

Slide 43

Sculptures of Shishak, Temple of Karnak, Thebes

Slide 44

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Slide 45

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Slide 46

Prostrate Colossus and Eastern Portico of Rameseum, Thebes

Slide 47

Colossi of Thebes

Slide 48

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Slide 49

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Slide 50

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Slide 51

Great Temple, Edfoo

Slide 52**

Shrine of the Sacred Hawk, in Great Temple, Edfoo

Slide 53

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Slide 54**

Double Temple, Kom Ombo

Slide 55

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Slide 56

'Ship of the Desert,' Assooan

Slide 57

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Slide 58

First Cataract of the Nile

Slide 59

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Slide 60**

Temple of Isis, Philae

Slide 61

Eastern Colonnade, Outer Court, Temple of Isis, Philae

Slide 62

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Slide 63**

Mosque of Mishdd, Philae

Slide 64

Temple of Kardassy, Nubia

Slide 65**

Great Temple, Kalabshee, Nubia

Slide 66**

Portico of Great Temple, Kalabshee

Slide 67

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Slide 68

Facade of Great Rock Temple, Aboo Simbel

Slide 69

Colossal Statue of Rameses II, Great Rock Temple, Aboo Simbel

Slide 70

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** there are alternative versions or views of this slide

Number of slides

G.W. Wilson, Scotland

Other related organisations

in stock of Gardner & Co. [1891-1920], dates unknown

in stock of UK Band of Hope Union, 1891

in stock of E.G. Wood, 1894 (item ref. 16801-16870)

in stock of Wrench & Son, 1898

in stock of Peter Feathers, 1901

in stock of Josiah T. Chapman, 1909-1912 (item ref. 254)

in stock of J. Lizars, 1909 (item ref. 205)

in stock of Walter Tyler, 1909 (item ref. 209)

Main type of image

photograph

Main usage of set

lecture

Date of first manufacture

1891

Reading or song

A thousand miles up the Nile (Aberdeen: G.W. Wilson, 1891)

Related slide sets

reissued as A thousand miles up the Nile (lecture: Newton & Co., 80 slides, 1902-1913)

see generic title A thousand miles up the Nile (generic set title – 3 different versions are known)

continued by A thousand miles up the Nile: [additional slides] (lecture: G.W. Wilson, at least 15 slides, n.d.)

Collections

17 slides in Chetham's Library, Manchester

3 slides known to exist in private collection

3 slides in Manchester Geographical Society Collection

45 slides in Manchester Museum Collection

1 slide in Owens College Collection

Lucerna ID 3000196

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 30 April 2024

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