Gertrude Bell was widely travelled and a fluent Arabic speaker. Her influence in Persia was significant.
Dancing tribesmen with rifles. |
Famous photograph at the Cairo conference with Gertrude Bell next to Winston Churchill in front of the Sphinx |
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At Babylon with archeologist and fellow explorer Prof. Herzfeld, Gertrude, Mrs Longrigg and J.M. Wilson |
Delegates at the Cairo conference of 1923. Gertrude Bell is the only woman attendee. |
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Group photograph of the Bahgdad conference in 1924 |
Cartoon drawn by Vice Admiral Sir Herbert Richmond |
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Gertrude Bell on sofa talking to king Faisal |
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Detail from the print in close up Gertrude Bell and King Faisal |
Gertrude in Bahgdad 1923 |
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Gertrude Bell making notes at an excavation in Ukhadir |
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Gertrude's camel train setting out from Hayid |
The bronze monument to Gertrude Bell in the Bahdad Museum of antiquities - with dedication in Arabic and English. |
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Famous picture in front of a her tent at German archeological camp in Babylon |
Gertrude and Sir Hugh Bell at Ziza in 1922 |
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1916 Gertrude Bell meets Prince Saud |
Another garden party in Baghdad |
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Gertrudes house in Baghdad |
Gertrude on horse back in Baghdad, 1917 |
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One of her classic desert tents during a expedition |
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King Faisal portrait photograph |
Gertrudes Prison during 1914 |
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Famous picture of the picnic in the desert |
Group at Ur, J.M. Wilson, Gertrude Bell, Leonard Woolley are seated. |