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Thisbe: “An envious wall the Babylonian maid from Pyramus, her gentle lover, stayed. etc.” – Ovid
Edwin Longsden Long (1829 - 1891)
Gustave Nicolas Bertinot (1822 - 1888)
Interview with the Viceroy of Egypt, at his Palace, Alexandria, May 12th 1839
David Roberts (1796 - 1864)
Louis Haghe (1806 - 1885)
The Slave Market
William James Müller (1812 - 1845)
Ibrahim Pasha (1789-1848) Egyptian General
Alfred, Count d' Orsay (1801 - 1852)
View of Beirut
Edward Lear (1812 - 1888)
Port of Tyre, April 27th 1839
David Roberts (1796 - 1864)
Louis Haghe (1806 - 1885)
Temple of the Sun, Baalbec
David Roberts (1796 - 1864)
Tyre from the Isthmus, April 27th 1839
David Roberts (1796 - 1864)
Louis Haghe (1806 - 1885)
The Bride of Abydos
James Sant (1820 - 1916)
Lady Hester Lucy Stanhope (1776-1839) traveller
Sir David Wilkie (1785 - 1841)
Suez Canal
William Simpson (1823 - 1899)
Chapel of the Annunciation, Nazareth
David Roberts (1796 - 1864)
Whirling Dervishes
Amadeo Preziosi (1816 - 1882)
George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron Byron (1788-1824) poet
Thomas Phillips (1770 - 1845)
Cedars of Lebanon
James Duffield Harding (1797 - 1863)
Charles Leonard Irby (1789-1845) naval officer and traveller
Jean Baptiste Borely (1776 - 1823)
A Burial Place at Beirout [Beirut]
Francis B Spilsbury
Daniel Orme (1765 - )
Joseph Jeakes ( - 1829)
The Dragoman of Mr Moore, English Consul at Beyrout
Sir David Wilkie (1785 - 1841)
Mimbar of the Great Mosque at Damascus
Frederic, Lord Leighton (1830 - 1896)
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