Karnak
n.d.
Lantern slide
Ebay
LL/103954
1 of 64
Suez Canal
n.d.
Lantern slide
Ebay
LL/103955
2 of 64
The Pyramids
n.d.
Lantern slide
Ebay
LL/103953
3 of 64
The Sphinx
n.d.
Lantern slide
Ebay
LL/103952
4 of 64
View of the Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope
1842
Calotype
Museum of the History of Science
LL/39611 [Further details available]
5 of 64
Alta Vista Observatory, from the northern lava ridge
1850-1858
Albumen print, stereograph
Rijksmuseum
RP-F-F25713-L
LL/78799 [Further details available]
6 of 64
Cliff and floor of the Great Crater - eight miles in diameter, and 7000 feet above the sea - under Mount Guajara
1850-1858
Albumen print, stereograph
Archive Farms
The Patrick Montgomery Collection, Object No. 2017.129
LL/105453 [Further details available]
7 of 64
Cliff and floor of the Great Crater - eight miles in diameter, and 7000 feet above the sea - under Mount Guajara
1850-1858
Albumen print, stereograph
Rijksmuseum
RP-F-F25713-F
LL/78794 [Further details available]
8 of 64
Cochineal Gatherers at Orotava
1850-1858
Albumen print, stereograph
Rijksmuseum
RP-F-F25713-R
LL/78801 [Further details available]
9 of 64
Culminating point of the Peak of Teneriffe, 12,198 feet high showing the interior of the terminal crater of the mountain
1850-1858
Albumen print, stereograph
Rijksmuseum
RP-F-F25713-A
LL/78793 [Further details available]
10 of 64
Dragon-Tree walk at a palazzo near Orotava
1850-1858
Albumen print, stereograph
Rijksmuseum
RP-F-F25713-Q
LL/78797 [Further details available]
11 of 64
Entrance to the ice cavern, in the malpays of the Peak of Teneriffe, at the height of 11,040 feet
1850-1858
Albumen print, stereograph
Rijksmuseum
RP-F-F25713-M
LL/78808 [Further details available]
12 of 64
Euphorbia Canariensis on the sea-coast of Orotava
1850-1858
Albumen print, stereograph
Rijksmuseum
RP-F-F25713-N
LL/78807 [Further details available]
13 of 64
Masses of lava slag at Alta Vista
1850-1858
Albumen print, stereograph
Rijksmuseum
RP-F-F25713-I
LL/78805 [Further details available]
14 of 64
Peak of Teneriffe from Orotava, from the northern coast
1850-1858
Albumen print, stereograph
Rijksmuseum
RP-F-F25713-C
LL/78791 [Further details available]
15 of 64
Second mate of yacht observing radiation thermometers on Mount Guajara
1850-1858
Albumen print, stereograph
Rijksmuseum
RP-F-F25713-G
LL/78795 [Further details available]
16 of 64
Sheepshanks telescope first erected on Mount Guajara, the Peak of Teneriffe in the distance
1850-1858
Albumen print, stereograph
Rijksmuseum
RP-F-F25713-E
LL/78792 [Further details available]
17 of 64
Tent scene of Mount Guajara, 8903 feet high
1850-1858
Albumen print, stereograph
Rijksmuseum
RP-F-F25713-D
LL/78798 [Further details available]
18 of 64
The "Great Dragon-Tree" at the villa de Orotava
1850-1858
Albumen print, stereograph
Rijksmuseum
RP-F-F25713-S
LL/78802 [Further details available]
19 of 64
Trachyte blocks on Guajara
1850-1858
Albumen print, stereograph
Rijksmuseum
RP-F-F25713-H
LL/78804 [Further details available]
20 of 64
Trunk of the Great Dragon-Tree
1850-1858
Albumen print, stereograph
Rijksmuseum
RP-F-F25713-T
LL/78803 [Further details available]
21 of 64
Volcanic "Blowing Cone" in Orotava, on the northern coast of Teneriffe
1850-1858
Albumen print, stereograph
Rijksmuseum
RP-F-F25713-B
LL/78796 [Further details available]
22 of 64
Young Dragon-Trees (Dracoena Draco) near Orotava
1850-1858
Albumen print, stereograph
Rijksmuseum
RP-F-F25713-P
LL/78800 [Further details available]
23 of 64
Young Dragon-Trees and date palm in a cactus garden near Orotava
1850-1858
Albumen print, stereograph
Rijksmuseum
RP-F-F25713-O
LL/78806 [Further details available]
24 of 64
Abdul Samud, Sheik of the Northern Pyramid Village
[Australian Inland Mission Collection]
1850-1880 (ca)
Colored lantern slide
8.2 x 8.2 cm
National Library of Australia
National Library of Australia (24429587)
LL/7316
25 of 64
All the Pyramids of Jeezah [i.e. Giza], from the south
[Australian Inland Mission Collection]
1850-1880 (ca)
Colored lantern slide
8.2 x 8.2 cm
National Library of Australia
National Library of Australia (24429297)
LL/7317
26 of 64
Base of niche in the Queen's chamber, Great Pyramid
1850-1880 (ca)
Transparency
National Library of Australia
Bib ID: 706154, nla.pic-an24411513
LL/52689
27 of 64
Coffer in King's chamber of Great Pyramid
1850-1880 (ca)
Transparency
National Library of Australia
Bib ID: 2228636, nla.pic-an24411483
LL/52687
28 of 64
Coffer in King's chamber of Great Pyramid and ghosts of Arabs
1850-1880 (ca)
Transparency
National Library of Australia
Bib ID : 706097, nla.pic-an24411494
LL/52690
29 of 64
Distant view of the Great Pyramid and the Second Pyramid
[Australian Inland Mission Collection]
1850-1880 (ca)
Colored lantern slide
8.2 x 8.2 cm
National Library of Australia
National Library of Australia (24412609)
LL/7318
30 of 64
The broken south-east corner of coffer in King's chamber
1850-1880 (ca)
Transparency
National Library of Australia
Bib ID : 706125, nla.pic-an24411499
LL/52688
31 of 64
Vertical section of Great Pyramid as engraved for Rl. Observy. Edinr.
[Australian Inland Mission Collection]
1850-1880 (ca)
Lantern slide
8.2 x 8.2 cm
National Library of Australia
National Library of Australia (24412652)
LL/7319
32 of 64
Huge fragments of trachyte on Mount Guajara (alt. 8890 ft) [Tenerife, Spain]
1850s
Stereoview
Private collection of Jason David Wright
LL/103092 [Further details available]
33 of 64
Interior of an Astronomical Enclosure on Mount Guajara (8890 ft) [Tenerife, Spain]
1850s
Stereoview, detail
Private collection of Jason David Wright
LL/103087 [Further details available]
34 of 64
Interior of an Astronomical Enclosure on Mount Guajara (8890 ft) [Tenerife, Spain]
1850s
Stereoview
Private collection of Jason David Wright
LL/103086 [Further details available]
35 of 64
Entrance to the Ice Cavern in The Malpays on the Peak of Teneriffe
1856
Stereoview
Archive Farms
The Patrick Montgomery Collection, Object No. 2017.122
LL/117555
36 of 64
Sheepshanks telescope first erected on Mount Guajara, the Peak of Teneriffe in the distance
1856
Stereoview
Archive Farms
LL/104237
37 of 64
Teneriffe Experiment of 1856
1856
Photoglyphed copper plate
National Science and Media Museum
Inventory no: 1937-5050
LL/65621 [Further details available]
38 of 64
Tent scene of Mount Guajara, 8903 feet high
1856
Stereoview
Archive Farms
LL/104296
39 of 64
Illustration from Teneriffe - An Astronomer's Experiment, by C. Piazzi Smyth.
1858
Stereo
Stereographica - Antique Photographica
Courtesy of Bryan and Page Ginns (#17 / 282)
LL/17484 [Further details available]
40 of 64
Sheepshanks telescope first erected on Mount Guajara, The Peak of Teneriffe in the distance
1858
Book illustration, stereoscopic albumen print
Private collection of Jack and Beverly Wilgus
LL/60977 [Further details available]
41 of 64
Onlookers taken unconciously in Novgorod, Russia
1859
Lantern slide
Royal Society of Edinburgh
LL/92611 [Further details available]
42 of 64
Coffer in King's chamber of Great Pyramid
1865
Albumen print
Science Museum
Robert Hershkowitz Ltd.
LL/73183
43 of 64
Entrance to the Great Pyramid of Giza
1865
Albumen print
National Science and Media Museum
LL/73184
44 of 64
Great Pyramid, its sepulchral hill, the Sphinx, &c, from hill top, south?
1865
Glass plate photographic negative
Royal Observatory Edinburgh
CPS Archives
LL/103956 [Further details available]
45 of 64
Great Pyramid
1865 (ca)
Lantern slide
Creative Commons - Wikipedia
LL/103958
46 of 64
Stereoscopically illustrated book. Teneriffe - An Astronomer's Experiment, by C. Piazzi Smyth. Published by Lowell Reeve in 1858. The hard bound book has over 450 pages and is illustrated with 20 real photographic stereo views.
1858
Book cover
Stereographica - Antique Photographica
Courtesy of Bryan and Page Ginns (#17 / 282)
LL/17483 [Further details available]
47 of 64
Stereoscopically illustrated book. Teneriffe - An Astronomer's Experiment, by C. Piazzi Smyth. Published by Lowell Reeve in 1858. The hard bound book has over 450 pages and is illustrated with 20 real photographic stereo views.
1858
Book cover
Private collection of Jack and Beverly Wilgus
LL/60976
48 of 64
Title page for C[harles] Piazzi Smyth, 1858, Teneriffe - An Astronomer's Experiment, (London: Lowell Reeve)
1858
Title page
Rijksmuseum
RP-F-2001-7-352-1
LL/78809 [Further details available]
49 of 64
Professor C. Piazzi Smyth, Notice of an Illuminated Vellum Manuscript, which formerly belonged to Mary Queen of Scots (Edinburgh: Neill and Company, 1862)
1862
Title page
Google Books
LL/43147 [Further details available]
50 of 64
Title page for "A Poor Man's Photography at the Great Pyramid in the year 1865"
1870
Title page
Google Books
LL/34548
51 of 64
Professor Charles Piazzi Smyth, Astronomer Royal for Scotland
n.d.
Painting
Royal Society of Edinburgh
LL/44299 [Further details available]
52 of 64
Self portrait of Charles Piazzi Smyth
1847
Uncertain type
Museum of the History of Science
Original in Gunther MS 10.
LL/44300
53 of 64
Stereoscopic Book Illustrations - Mr. C. Piazzi Smith's forthcoming account
1857, 31 October
Magazine page
Google Books
LL/34774 [Further details available]
54 of 64
Advert for Piazzi Smyth Teneriffe - An Astronomer's Experiment; or, Specialities of a Residfence above the Clouds
1859 (advert published)
Advert
Hathi Trust
Harvard University, HOLLIS, Botany Arboretum GEN (Tidd N48), HOLLIS No: 990072293700203941
LL/85051 [Further details available]
55 of 64
In coming to Russia, it had been our desire not only to see its lions, but to carry them away with us, so far as that could be managed on photographic plates...
1862
Book page
Google Books
LL/36148 [Further details available]
56 of 64
Photograph of Queen Mary's Missal Now at St. Petersburg
1862
Book plate
Google Books
LL/43146 [Further details available]
57 of 64
Title page of C. Piazzi Smyth "Three Cities in Russia", in two volumes, Vol.I (London: Lovell, Reeve & Co., 1862)
1862
Title page
Google Books
LL/36147
58 of 64
As soon as it was discovered that photography was possible by magnesium...
1865, 1 June
Journal page
Google Books
LL/42264 [Further details available]
59 of 64
Photography, Magnesium, and the Pyramid
1865, 22 September
Journal page
Google Books
LL/42262 [Further details available]
60 of 64
... and I was now fully occupied in preparing the photographic plates [Using magnesium-light in the Great Pyramid]
1867
Book page
Google Books
LL/42251 [Further details available]
61 of 64
Book cover for C. Piazzi Smyth "Life and Work at the Great Pyramid during the Months of January, February, March, and April, A.D. 1865; with a Discussion of the Facts Ascertained", In three volumes. (Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas, 1867),
1867
Title page
Google Books
LL/42252
62 of 64
Pyramid Tombstone in Sharow Churchyard - grave of Charles Piazzi Smyth [1819-1900]
2007, 3 February
Colour photograph
Creative Commons - Wikipedia
Photographer: Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0
LL/103957
63 of 64
Book cover for John G. Peters, 2009, Under cWestern Eyes - Joseph Conrad, (Broadview Press)
2009
Book cover
Internet - Original source ill-defined
broadviewpress.com
LL/92613
64 of 64
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