Genre/Subject Matter: View of several colonial buildings at the foot of mountains, probably at Aden. This unfinished pencil sketch may depict Haines’ first residence in Crater. A cross or flagstaff on the lowest peak at upper centre may provide additional clues as to its location. Inscripti...
Genre/Subject Matter: View of several colonial buildings at the foot of mountains, probably at Aden. This unfinished pencil sketch may depict Haines’ first residence in Crater. A cross or flagstaff on the lowest peak at upper centre may provide additional clues as to its location. Inscripti...
Scale drawings of three cannon. Artist(s): Haines, Stafford Bettesworth (1802-1860)
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Scale drawings of three cannon. [1] ‘Length 18 feet 5¾. The inscription on this gun could not be deciphered. Its calibre may be about 100 [...]’. [2] ‘Length 15 feet 7. The only trace of any inscription on this gun is Solimun bin Selimgor’. [3] ‘Length 16 feet 11½. On this is ...
'Menehahim. The Custom House Master'. Artist(s): Haines, Stafford Bettesworth (1802-1860)
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‘Menehahim. The Custom House Master’. Water-colour with pen and ink; 14.2 by 8 cm. Note: Employed by Haines for intelligence gathering on local matters.
Three men with a donkey. Artist(s): Haines, Stafford Bettesworth (1802-1860)
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Three men with a donkey. Inscribed: ‘The Native Jews of Aden. Their occupation is principally in to the building of Bamboo Houses’. On reverse: ‘Costume 2’. Water-colour with pen and ink; 20 by 13 cm.
