Desert Collection

Christ in the Wilderness, 1898, (1912). Artist: Briton Riviere
Christ in the Wilderness, 1898, (1912). A colour print from Famous Paintings, with an introduction by Gilbert Chesterton, Cassell and Company, (London, New York, Toronto, 1912)

Signs of Christ, 1924. Artist: Nicholas Roerich
Signs of Christ, 1924. From a private collection

The Great Sphinx and the Pyramids of Giza, 19th century. Artist: David Roberts
The Great Sphinx and the Pyramids of Giza, 19th century. The Sphinx is located on the Giza Plateau with the three pyramids of Khufu (Cheops), Khafre (Chephren) and Menkaura (Men-kaur-re)

The Sunset Prayer in the Desert, c1913. Artist: Charles JS Makin
The Sunset Prayer in the Desert, c1913. From With Pen and Camera in Three Continents by Charles J. S. Makin, F.I.C. F.C.S. [The Tribune Publishing Company, London, 1913]

Great Sphinx Head in Profile, 18th century. Artist: Tuscher Hafniae
Great Sphinx Head in Profile, 18th century. Found in the collection of the Schuster Gallery

The Temptation in the Wilderness, 1898. Artist: Briton Riviere
The Temptation in the Wilderness, 1898. Jesus Christ in the desert

Map of Africa, 1902. Creator: Unknown
Map of Africa, 1902. Showing colonial possessions including French West Africa and German South West Africa, with insets of Table Bay in South Africa, and British and German East Africa

Praying before a sphinx, Cairo, Egypt, c1920s. Plate taken From In the Land of the Pharaohs, published by Lehnert & Landrock (Cairo)

General Gouraud escapes an assassination attempt on route from Damascas to Kunaitra, 1921. General Henri-Joseph-Eugene Gouraud (1867-1946), French High Commissioner of Syria

Courtyard of the Temple of Bel, Palmyra, Syria. Situated in an oasis in the Syrian desert halfway between the Mediterranean and the Euphrates

The Jebel Zaghwan, c1890. Artist: Meunier
The Jebel Zaghwan, c1890. Jebel Zaghouan, a mountain in Tunisia. Illustration from The Universal Geography with Illustrations and Maps, Division XXI, (Virtue & Co Limited, London, c1890)

Returning from the races at Cairo, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Returning from the races at Cairo, 1864. Engraving from a sketch by Mr. Frederick George, '...of a truly English sport held under most un-English conditions...This scene...differs essentially

Castle in the desert, 1890-1930. Creator: Philip Zilcken
Castle in the desert, 1890-1930

Saint Jerome in the Desert, 1596. Creator: Hendrik Goltzius
Saint Jerome in the Desert, 1596

AI IMAGE - Illustration of Jesus preaching, 2023. Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Illustration of Jesus preaching, 2023. Scene from the Christian Gospels

AI IMAGE - Illustration of Jesus preaching, 2023. Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Illustration of Jesus preaching, 2023. Scene from the Christian Gospels

Saint Jerome in the Wilderness, 1475-1480. Creator: Bernardino Pinturicchio
Saint Jerome in the Wilderness, 1475-1480. Saint Jerome (ca. 347-420), one of the four Latin Fathers of the Church (along with Saints Augustine, Ambrose, and Gregory the Great)

Costumes de Différents Pays, Femme de l'Arabie Heureuse, c1797. Creators: Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur
Costumes de Differents Pays, Femme de l'Arabie Heureuse, c1797

The Penitent St Jerome. Creator: Jacopo del Sellaio
The Penitent St Jerome, Unknown date

Arab at Prayer, c1860. Creator: Charles Théodore Frère
Arab at Prayer, c1860

Distant Fronts, In Palestine; Bivouac of a division in the mountains of Judea, 1917. Creator: Unknown
Distant Fronts, In Palestine; Bivouac of a division in the mountains of Judea, 1917 From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924]

Distant Fronts, In Palestine; Drilling a Well, 1917. Creator: Unknown
Distant Fronts, In Palestine; Drilling a Well, 1917. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924]

Distant Fronts, In Palestine; For walking on sand, 1917. Creator: Unknown
Distant Fronts, In Palestine; For walking on sand, 1917. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924]

Distant Fronts, In Palestine; Camp in an oasis in the Sinai desert, 1917. Creator: Unknown
Distant Fronts, In Palestine; Camp in an oasis in the Sinai desert, 1917. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924]

Distant Fronts, At Ouaddai; Silian cavalry shot down a few meters from the square... 1917. Creator: Unknown
Distant Fronts, At Ouaddai; Silian cavalry shot down a few meters from the square formed by the skirmishers seen in the background, 1917

Lion Drinking, c1897. Creator: Henry Ossawa Tanner
Lion Drinking, c1897

Distant Fronts, In Hejaz; Flag of the Independent Kingdom of Hejaz, 1917. Creator: Unknown
Distant Fronts, In Hejaz; Flag of the Independent Kingdom of Hejaz, 1917. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924]

Costumes de Différents Pays, Mulatre Libre du Mexique, c1797. Creators: Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur, LF Labrousse
Costumes de Differents Pays, Mulatre Libre du Mexique, c1797

Costumes de Différents Pays, Prince et Princesse Maurea, c1797. Creators: Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur
Costumes de Differents Pays, Prince et Princesse Maurea, c1797

Procession of San Estevan-Acoma, 1904. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Procession of San Estevan-Acoma, 1904

Man on a running camel in a desert landscape, 1830-1860. Creator: Albertus van Beest
Man on a running camel in a desert landscape, 1830-1860

'A Well in the Hyrcanian desert; The Hyrcanian Desert, 1875. Creator: Armin Vambery
A Well in the Hyrcanian desert; The Hyrcanian Desert, 1875. From, Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates. [Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London]

'A Turkoman; The Hyrcanian Desert, 1875. Creator: Armin Vambery
A Turkoman; The Hyrcanian Desert, 1875. From, Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates. [Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London]

Costumes de Différents Pays, Femme Arabe du Desert Vendant du Pain, c1797
Costumes de Differents Pays, Femme Arabe du Desert Vendant du Pain, c1797

Halt by a Stream near El Arish, 1857. Creator: Unknown
Halt by a Stream near El Arish, 1857. Scene near El Arish - the Egyptian quarantine station, on the Syrian frontiers...On the other side of the river, where grow tall and graceful poplar-trees

Simoom in the Desert, 1857. Creator: Smyth
Simoom in the Desert, 1857....the wary and accustomed eye of the old greybearded camel-driver recognises in the murky banks quickly rising on the hot horizon the near approach of one of those

Travellers Encampment in the Desert, 1857. Creator: Unknown
Travellers Encampment in the Desert, 1857....the travellers encampment...consists of about half-a-dozen chadirs, or tents

Camel-drivers Encampment in the Desert, 1857. Creator: Unknown
Camel-drivers Encampment in the Desert, 1857. The camels are unladen, and most of them, weary with the day's work, lie about in uncouth

Mid-day Encounter in the Desert, 1857. Creator: Unknown
Mid-day Encounter in the Desert, 1857. There is a little cloud of dust ahead! The first feelings entertained are alarm; these, however

Grand Cairo to Gaza - Village on the Borders of the Desert, 1857. Creator: Smyth
Village on the Borders of the Desert, 1857. The outskirt of the Desert has just been reached: this is the last permanent village or shelter of any kind to be met with for many a day's

View of the temple ruins at Philae near Aswan, 1859. Creator: Willem de Famars Testas
View of the temple ruins at Philae near Aswan, 1859

The capture of Tumulit during the Samalanga expedition, August 26, 1877, 1883. Creator: Willem de Famars Testas
The capture of Tumulit during the Samalanga expedition, August 26, 1877, 1883

Louis Philippe Albert d'Orleans, at an excavation in Egypt, 1860. Creator: Willem de Famars Testas
Louis Philippe Albert d'Orleans, at an excavation in Egypt, 1860. French aristocrat with Egyptian boy

Noonday Shelter, 1857. Creator: Unknown
Noonday Shelter, 1857. Middle Eastern scene. Here we come upon a wild son of the desert, who, together with his camel, is luxuriating in the shade afforded by the hut and the palm-tree

Book cover design for Anthology of One Thousand and One Nights by Pieter Louwerse, 1910 or earlier. Caravan of camels in the desert. Dome and minarets can be seen in the distance

Desert landscape with water carriers, 1919. Creator: Marius Bauer
Desert landscape with water carriers, 1919

Caravan, 1877-1903. Creator: Marius Bauer
Caravan, 1877-1903

Travel views of the American Southwest, between 1899 and 1928. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Travel views of the American Southwest, between 1899 and 1928

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