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Collection Area Visual Arts Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Subject Harbours

1. Photo 355/1(42)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 355/1(42)
Title:
'Sultan's Palace, Muscat'
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: View looking due west across the harbour towards the Sultan's Palace and surrounding buildings. This is presumably the white building with the crenellated roofline in the centre of the print, overlooked by Fort Capitano (Fort Al-Mirani) on the headland to the right of the ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c. 1870
Extent:
1 b&w albumen print

2. Photo 355/1(43)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 355/1(43)
Title:
'Muscat Consulate & Agency'
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: View looking south-west across the harbour towards the British Consultate and Agency and surrounding buildings. This is presumably the white building with the flag-staff on the roof. In the middle- and foreground to the right of the image various dhows and other craft ar...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c. 1870
Extent:
1 b&w albumen print

3. Photo 355/1(120)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 355/1(120)
Title:
'Zanzibar'. Photographer: Sir John Kirk
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: This panoramic view of the waterfront in Zanzibar is composed of five joined albumen prints. Taken from an elevated position, this view looks out onto the harbour, with the dhow fleet at anchor from centre to right of the image and several British naval vessels at left. ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1875
Extent:
1 b&w panoramic image made up of 5 joined albumen prints

4. Photo 667/4(505)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 667/4(505)
Title:
'Jetty at Sitra.' Photographer: Arthur Edward Broadbent Parsons
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: View of the jetty at Sitra, Manama, Bahrain. Two large liners are visible at centre and left in the background. Various cranes and other moving equipment is visible. Inscriptions: Below image, in pen: 'Jetty at Sitra' Below image, in pencil: ‘505’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan-Mar 1956
Extent:
1 b&w silver gelatin print