View from Cape Helles

Title

View from Cape Helles

Subject

Landscape
Seascape
Gallipoli
Cape Helles
Tenédos, Nísos

Description

View from the site of the Cape Helles Memorial at Gallipoli to the island of Tenedos

Creator

Attributed to Samuel Hurst Seager (1855–1933)

Source

First World War Memorials sub-collection, Lantern Slide Collection, Art History & Theory Visual Resources Collection

Date

c.1920–1925

Rights

No known copyright restrictions

Accession Number

LS.01.0026

Original Format

B & w transparency, lantern slide

Materials

Photographic emulsion, paper, glass

Physical Dimensions

82 x 83 x 3mm (w x h x d)

Image Dimensions

65 x 69mm (w x h) approx. framed by internal mat

Inscription

"Gallipoli", top slide edge

Other ID

"20.", top of mat, face

Location

Gallipoli (Turkey)

Associated Person(s)

Samuel Hurst Seager (1855–1933)

Subject Heading

First World War Memorials

Notes

"From site looking south to Island of Tenedos. Ships are seen coming along inside channel which leads from Alexandria, Smyrna & Port Said. The photo was taken when the vessels were changing course into the Narrows."
Seager, 'Report on Visit to Gallipoli,' 1921, Collection of Macmillan Brown Library, MB1863/0017-0031, 0033-0040

Collection

Citation

Attributed to Samuel Hurst Seager (1855–1933), “View from Cape Helles,” Illumination & Commemoration, accessed November 21, 2024, http://seagerlanternslides.nz/items/show/34.

Output Formats

Geolocation