Syrian Collection (page 6)

The House of Ananias, Damascus, 1903. Artist: Mortimer L Menpes
The House of Ananias, Damascus, 1903. From World Pictures, by Mortimer Menpes. Text by Dorothy Menpes. [A. & C. Black, London, 1903]

Kurdish mountain brigands, Armenia, 1902. From The Living Races of Mankind, Vol. I. [Hutchinson & Co, London, 1902]

A Syrian in his full costume, 1902. Artist: TR Dumas & Son
A Syrian in his full costume, 1902. From The Living Races of Mankind, Vol. I. [Hutchinson & Co, London, 1902]

A Syrian girl at a spring, 1902. From The Living Races of Mankind, Vol. I. [Hutchinson & Co, London, 1902]

Zenobie - Reine De Palmyre, 1403, (1939). Artist: Master of Berrys Cleres Femmes
Zenobie - Reine De Palmyre, 1403, (1939). Septimia Zenobia was a third-century queen of the Syria-based Palmyrene Empire. The illustration is part of the manuscript De Claris mulieribus

Syrian Gentlemen, c1913. Artist: Charles JS Makin
Syrian Gentlemen, 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]

Railway and motor routes and pipelines, Syrian desert, 1937. Artist: Emery Walker Ltd
Railway and motor routes and pipelines, Syrian desert, 1937. A print from The Syrian Desert: Caravans, Travel and Exploration, by Christina Phelps Grant, A & C Blacks Ltd, London, 1937

Caravan, courier and pilgrim routes in the Syrian desert, 1937. Artist: Emery Walker Ltd
Caravan, courier and pilgrim routes in the Syrian desert, 1937. A print from The Syrian Desert: Caravans, Travel and Exploration, by Christina Phelps Grant, A & C Blacks Ltd, London, 1937

Rennells map of the Syrian desert, dated 1809, published 1831 (1937). A print from The Syrian Desert: Caravans, Travel and Exploration, by Christina Phelps Grant, A & C Blacks Ltd, London, 1937

Cafes on a branch of the Barrada River (the ancient Pharpar), Damascus, Syria, 1841. Artist:s Smith
Cafes on a branch of the Barrada River (the ancient Pharpar), Damascus, Syria, 1841. From Syria, the Holy land and Asia Minor, volume I, by John Carne, published by Fisher, Son & Co. (London, 1841)

Ruined Walls of Antioch, the Ancient Anathoth, 1841. Artist:s Lacey
Ruined Walls of Antioch, the Ancient Anathoth, 1841. View of ancient remains in what is now Turkey. Illustration from Syria, the Holy land and Asia Minor, Volume I, by John Carne

The Barrada River, (the ancient Pharpar), Damascus, Syria, 1841. Artist: Robert Sands
The Barrada River, (the ancient Pharpar), Damascus, Syria, 1841. From Syria, the Holy land and Asia Minor, volume I, by John Carne, published by Fisher, Son & Co. (London, 1841)

A Turkish divan, Damascus, Syria, 1841. Artist: George Presbury
A Turkish divan, Damascus, Syria, 1841. A divan (or diwan) was a high governmental body in a number of Islamic states, or its chief official

Damascus, Syria, 1841. Artist: H Jorden
Damascus, Syria, 1841. As seen from above Salahyeh. From Syria, the Holy land and Asia Minor, volume I, by John Carne, published by Fisher, Son & Co. (London, 1841)

The ruins of Djerash, the ancient Gergesa, Syria, 1841. Artist: W Floyd
The ruins of Djerash, the ancient Gergesa, Syria, 1841. From Syria, the Holy land and Asia Minor, volume III, by John Carne, published by Fisher, Son & Co. (London, 1841)

The battlefield of Issus, Turkey, 1841. Artist: WH Capone
The battlefield of Issus, Turkey, 1841. The Battle of Issus occurred in southern Anatolia in November 333 BC. The invading troops led by the young Alexander of Macedonia

The tomb of St George, Bay of Kesrouan, Syria, 1841. Artist: MJ Starling
The tomb of St George, Bay of Kesrouan, Syria, 1841. From Syria, the Holy land and Asia Minor, volume III, by John Carne, published by Fisher, Son & Co. (London, 1841)

Beirout, the ancient Berothah, Syria, 1841. Artist: James B Allen
Beirout, the ancient Berothah, Syria, 1841. Bairuth et le Mont Liban. Berothah or Berothai was a city in ancient Syria belonging to Hadadezer bar Rehob, king of Zobah in the early tenth century BCE

Bedouin girl in the Syrian desert, 1936. Artist: HJ Shepstone
Bedouin girl in the Syrian desert, 1936. Published in Peoples of the World in Pictures, Harold Wheeler, 1936. From Peoples of the World in Pictures, edited by Harold Wheeler

The Ruins of Djerash, Syria, 19th century. Artist: Gest
The Ruins of Djerash, Syria, 19th century

A water carrier in Damascus, Syria, c1920s-c1930s(?)

Street scene, Damascus, Syria, c1920s-c1930s(?)

A lemonade vendor, Damascus, Syria, c1920s-c1930s(?)

A ruined colonnade at Palmyra (Tadmur), Syria, 1895
A ruined colonnade at Palmyra, Syria, 1895. From The Universal Geography with Illustrations and Maps, division XVII, written by Elisee Reclus and published by Virtue & Co. Limited (London, 1895)

Aleppo, Syria, 1895. Artist: Armand Kohl
Aleppo, Syria, 1895. From The Universal Geography with Illustrations and Maps, division XVII, written by Elisee Reclus and published by Virtue & Co. Limited (London, 1895)

The reception room of a Pasha, Damascus, Syria, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
The reception room of a Pasha, Damascus, Syria, 1905. Stereoscopic card. Detail

The ruins of Baalbek (Balabakk), Syria, 1900. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
The ruins of Baalbek (Balabakk), Syria, 1900. Stereoscopic card. Detail

Damascus, Syria, 1900s. Artist: Keystone
Damascus, Syria, 1900s. Stereoscopic slide (detail)

The inner court of a Damascus home, Syria, 1900. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
The inner court of a Damascus home, Syria, 1900. Stereoscopic slide

A sheikh and his bodyguard, Syria, 1900s. Artist: Keystone
A sheikh and his bodyguard, Syria, 1900s. Stereoscopic slide (detail)

An open bazaar in Damascus, Syria, 1900s. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
An open bazaar in Damascus, Syria, 1900s. Stereoscopic slide

Damascus and its gardens, as seen from the north-west, Syria, 1900. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Damascus and its gardens, as seen from the north-west, Syria, 1900. Stereosciopic slide

Manufacturing silk, Syria, 1900s. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Manufacturing silk, Syria, 1900s. Women gather silk-ends, as finely spun as cobwebs, and connect them to reels. Stereoscopic slide (detail)

Women sorting large piles of silk cocoons, Antioch, Syria, 1900s. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Women sorting large piles of silk cocoons, Antioch, Syria, 1900s. Stereoscopic slide

Silk cocoons woven into mulberry branches, Antioch, Syria, 1900s. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Silk cocoons woven into mulberry branches, Antioch, Syria, 1900s

Feeding silk worms their breakfast of mulberry leaves, Lebanon mountains, Syria, 1900s. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Feeding silkworms their breakfast of mulberry leaves, Lebanon mountains, Syria, 1900s. Stereoscopic slide (detail)

Feeding silkworms their breakfast of mulberry leaves, Lebanon mountains, Syria, 20th century
Feeding silkworms their breakfast of mulberry leaves, Lebanon mountains, Syria, 1900s. Stereoscopic slide

Experts purchasing silk cocoons, for export to France, Antioch, Syria, 1900s. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Experts purchasing silk cocoons, for export to France, Antioch, Syria, 1900s. Stereoscopic slide (detail)

A silkworm plantation in the Lebanon mountains, Syria, 1900s. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
A silkworm plantation in the Lebanon mountains, Syria, 1900s. Stereoscopic slide

Pope John V. A Syrian by birth, John was pope from 685 to 686

Female portrait head (The Syrian woman), 160-170. Art of Ancient Rome, Classical sculpture. Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St. Petersburg

Fat-tailed sheep of Syria, 1848. An engraving from the Natural History of Man, by James Cowles Prichard, (Hippolyte Bailliere, London, third edition, 1848)

Officers of the French Foreign Legion, Syria, 20th century. The French Foreign Legion was established in 1831 as an elite unit of foreign volunteers

St John Chrysostom, mid 15th century. Artist: Fra Angelico
St John Chrysostom, mid 15th century. St John Chrysostom (c347-407), Syrian priest and one of the Doctors of the Christian Church. He was created Bishop of Constantinople in 398

Image of Atargatas, a Nabatean goddess of fertility and fruits. Now in the National Archaeological Museum In Amman

St Simeon Stylites on top of his post, 5th century
Detail of a Christian funerary relief from Egypt showing St Simeon Stylites (c. 390 - 2 September 459) on top of his post, 5th century

Syrian Eye-goddess
Alabaster Syrian Eye-goddess from Tell Brak, from the British Museums collection

A styrite Syrian lion-bowl, 10th century BC
A styrite Syrian lion-bowl, stopper for a vase that acts as a cup, from the British Museums collection, 10th century BC

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