Lawrence E. Steele (1855-?) was Vice President of the RDS and a passionate Egyptologist. He served as Secretary of the Egypt Exploration Fund and travelled extensively around Egypt.
On his death, he bequeathed his collection of glass plate negatives to the RDS Library & Archives. This collection comprises over 1500 glass plates depicting scenes of Egypt in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, including images of temples, tombs, statues and landscapes. There are also drawings and maps collected from books in the collection. Steele used the glass plates to educate the people of Ireland, as he travelled around the island delivering lectures on Egypt.
This collection is in the process of being catalogued and the rest of the images will be uploaded in the coming months.
Chamber of Amon
Relief of King Ramesses III at Medinet Habu
Abu Simbel Temples
The chair of Princess Sitamun.
Statue on its face
Temple of Horus
Bust of Khonsu
Colonnade of Amenhotep III
Stone structures with hieroglyphs
Colonnade of Amenhotep III
Seventh pylon of the Temple of Karnak
Karnak Temple Complex
Small island on the Nile
Columns at the Karnak Temple Complex
Stone with hieroglyphs inscribed
Ruins near the Karnak Temple Complex
Ruins near the Karnak Temple Complex
Bust of Akenhaten
Temple of Venus at Baalbek
Temple of Jupiter at Baalbek
Acropolis at Baalbek
Temple of Jupiter at Baalbek
Trilithon of Baalbek
Temple of Bacchus at Baalbek
Temple of Jupiter at Baalbek
Circular exedra in the courtyard at Baalbek
Valley of the Kings
Valley of the Kings
Road through desert
Statues in a museum
Wall carving
Tomb of Ramose wall painting
Tomb of Ramose wall carving
Family tree 
Relief portrait
Basket
Scarab with hieroglyphs
Relief portrait
Relief of half of face
Relief of Akhenaten
Bas-relief of Bintanath
Statue of Nefertari
Bust of Meritaton
Mural from Tell el-Amarna
Plan of craft studio complex
Amarna King statuette
Head of statuette of Queen Thyi 
Mummy
Throne of Tutankhamun
Two statues of pharaohs
Bust of Hatshepsut
Drawing of Temple of Amenhotep IV wall carving
Temple of Amenhotep IV wall carving
Temple of Amenhotep IV wall carving
Cliff and sea
Cliff and sea
Cliff and sea
Desert hill
Temple doorway
Temple
Bust of Amenhotep III
Arches at Qasr Imbrim
Stone structure beside the sea
Temple on cliff edge
Map of the Nile from Aswan to Semneh
Temple of Khonsu at Karnak
Temple of Khonsu at Karnak
Wall painting
Great Temple of Ramesses at Abu Simbel
Great Temple of Ramesses at Abu Simbel
Falcon statues at the Great Temple of Ramesses II
Structure with hieroglyphs
Structure with designs
Sudan Government Radio train
Temple of Nefertari
Desert and pyramids
Statues at the Great Temple of Ramesses II
Sea and cliff
Temple of Ramesses IV
Two stone podiums
Group of people walking on structure
Group of people wearing turbans
Sea and rocks
Street in Egypt
Group of women and children
Sphinx
Interior of the Great Temple of Ramesses II
Drawing of the Luxor Temple
Pyramids
Map of Thebes
Beach
Stone structure
Mummy
Passageway
Interior of the Great Temple of Ramesses II
The rock cut tombs of Asyut
Statues at the Great Temple of Ramesses II
Stone relief
Columns of Trajan's Kiosk
Statues of Tutankhamun and Ankesenamun