Raccolta Yates MSS - Yates Negatives Collection

118 glass negatives

Presented by Miss Yates in 1956.

Formerly in the possession of Miss Yates, London.

118 glass stereoscopic plate negatives. Most show sites in and around

• Cairo, in and around
  • General views of Cairo
  • Street views
  • Tombs of the Caliphs
  • Tombs of the Mamelukes
  • Mosque-Madrasa of Sultan Hasan
  • Mosque-Madrasa of Sultan Barquq
  • Tomb of Abouseer
  • Mosque of Khat Bey
  • Al-Hakim Mosque
  • Mosque of Muhammad Ali Pasha
  • The Citadel

• Other sites in Egypt
  • 'Tombs at Thebes'
  • 'Rocks of Abusir', Second Cataract
  • 'Arab village'

• Outside Egypt, mostly Israel and Palestine:
  • Bethlehem
  • Jacob's Well
  • Mount Tabor

• See Ashmolean Museum Report of the Visitors 1956, p. 81 (accession).

• Most negatives are paired stereoscopic images, originally formed from the same piece of glass and then cut in two, separating the left and right images.
• Some are single negatives, as the paired negative is not present, presumed lost or destroyed.
• The negatives vary in size, each negative measures approximately 7.7 x 9.0 cm (3" x 3½").