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Collection Area Visual Arts Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Place Kuwait, Middle East, Asia

1. Photo 49/1(19)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 49/1(19)
Title:
'Bodyguard of Mailed Sowars, Koweit.' Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter View of a group of sowars or mounted escorts. The title presumably refers to chain-mail worn by the soldiers (visible in the helmet worn by the man third from left). Inscriptions Ink, below image: 'Bodyguard of Mailed Sowars, Koweit.' Pencil, lower right, alongside image...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Nov 1903
Extent:
1 b&w silver gelatin print

2. Photo 49/1(21)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 49/1(21)
Title:
'The Shaikh waiting, Koweit.' Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter View in the desert in Koweit [Kuwait], showing the Shaikh of Koweit on horseback. A man stands alongside the horse. Both are wearing vertically striped robes and wear long swords at their waists. In the background at right another man carries a flag atop a staff and also we...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28-29 Nov 1903
Extent:
1 b&w silver gelatin print

3. Photo 49/1(22)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 49/1(22)
Title:
'Landing at Koweit.' Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter View of the shoreline at Koweit [Kuwait]. At right, Lord Curzon and his staff are being carried ashore by Arab men from a small boat at far right. The Shaikh of Kuwait or his retainer stands at left alongside a horse waiting for the Europeans to come ashore. In the distan...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28-29 Nov 1903
Extent:
1 b&w silver gelatin print

4. Photo 49/1(23)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 49/1(23)
Title:
'A Few Words of Welcome, Koweit.' Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter View of a group of Kuwaiti men on the shore at Koweit [Kuwait], greeting Lord Curzon’s party as they land. A carriage drawn by two horses stands waiting right of centre. In the background the waters of the Persian Gulf and some small boats are visible. Inscriptions Ink, ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28-29 Nov 1903
Extent:
1 b&w silver gelatin print

5. Photo 496/6(34)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 496/6(34)
Title:
Koweit: Cargo Boats. Photographer: Rev. Edwin Aubrey Storrs-Fox
Scope & Content:
View taken off Koweit [Kuwait], probably from on board ship, showing cargo boats under sail. Inscriptions: Lower left, below image, in pen: ‘Koweit.’ Upper left, above image, in pencil, crossed-out: ‘b’ Lower right, alongside image, in pencil: ‘34’ Lower right, below image, in pen: ‘Cargo B...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1918
Extent:
1 b&w silver gelatin print

6. Photo 496/6(35)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 496/6(35)
Title:
Koweit: Customs House. Photographer: Rev. Edwin Aubrey Storrs-Fox
Scope & Content:
View in Koweit [Kuwait] outside the customs house, which is presumably the low-lying structure on the right of the photograph. A large crowd of men are gathered at the entrance, while others appear to be walking towards the building. On the right, a boy looks directly towards the camera. In the ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1918
Extent:
1 b&w silver gelatin print

7. Photo 496/6(36)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 496/6(36)
Title:
Koweit: Coffee Shop. Photographer: Rev. Edwin Aubrey Storrs-Fox
Scope & Content:
View in Koweit [Kuwait] outside a coffee shop. A number of men and boys sit on benches outside the building, looking towards the camera. Woven reed blinds are rolled above two pointed arches along the façade. Inscriptions: Lower left, below image, in pen: ‘Koweit.’ Upper left, above image, i...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1918
Extent:
1 b&w silver gelatin print

8. Photo 496/6(37)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 496/6(37)
Title:
Koweit. Photographer: Rev. Edwin Aubrey Storrs-Fox
Scope & Content:
View of an urban area of Koweit [Kuwait], with a group of men seated and standing on the left. In the background stone buildings give way to reed-mat covered awnings, especially at right. Inscriptions: Lower left, below image, in pen: ‘Koweit.’ Upper left, above image, in pencil, crossed-out...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1918
Extent:
1 b&w silver gelatin print

9. Photo 496/6(38)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 496/6(38)
Title:
Koweit. Photographer: Rev. Edwin Aubrey Storrs-Fox
Scope & Content:
View in Koweit [Kuwait]. One man stands at centre while to his left another sits on the step in front of a decorated archway. A third man stands in the right background against a whitewashed wall. All three men wear dark outer robes, keffiyehs and agals. Inscriptions: Lower left, below imag...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1918
Extent:
1 b&w silver gelatin print

10. Photo 667/4(496)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 667/4(496)
Title:
'Oil Jetty-Mina el Ahmedi.' Photographer: Arthur Edward Broadbent Parsons
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: Image of the oil jetty at Mina Al-Ahmadi, Kuwait. Inscriptions: Below image, in pen: ‘'Oil Jetty-Mina el Ahmedi’ Below image, in pencil: ‘496’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan-Mar 1956
Extent:
1 b&w silver gelatin print