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Collection Area Visual Arts Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme

31. Photo 49/1(16)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 49/1(16)
Title:
'Landing at foot of Salt Hills [Qishm].' Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: View of Lord Curzon’s party being carried onshore on Qishm Island, at the foot of the salt hills. A small rowing boat is pulled up almost to the shore at left. Seven men stand on shore up the beach at centre, some of whom appear to be preparing a bath chair. A small dog ru...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Nov 1903
Extent:
1 b&w silver gelatin print

32. Photo 49/1(17)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 49/1(17)
Title:
'Salt Rocks and River [Qishm].' Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: View of the salt rocks and a river on Qishm Island. Rocky hills rise in the background, while at right a scree-covered slope leads down to the river at centre. Inscriptions: Ink, below image: 'Salt Rocks and River.' Pencil, lower right, alongside image: ‘17’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Nov 1903
Extent:
1 b&w silver gelatin print

33. Photo 49/1(18)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 49/1(18)
Title:
'Artist at Work, Kishim [Qishm].' Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: Showing an unidentified European man wearing a pith helmet sketching in a notebook on a rocky hillside on the island of Kishim [Qishm], off the Persian coastline. Inscriptions: Ink, below image: 'Artist at Work, Kishim.' Pencil, lower right, alongside image: ‘18’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Nov 1903
Extent:
1 b&w silver gelatin print

34. 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

35. 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

36. 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

37. 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

38. Photo 49/1(24)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 49/1(24)
Title:
'Bushire Coast Line.' Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter View of Bushire. The shoreline extends from right to distant left, lined with two-storey buildings. A particularly ornate balcony is visible at far right. In the distant background at left a dhow can be seen Inscriptions Ink, below image: 'Bushire Coast Line.' Pencil,...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2-3 Dec 1903
Extent:
1 b&w silver gelatin print

39. Photo 49/1(25)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 49/1(25)
Title:
Lord Curzon and Staff on R.I.M.S. Lawrence.' Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter Group portrait of Lord Curzon and his personal staff and naval officers on board R. I. M. S. Lawrence. Curzon is seated second from left, wearing a flat cap. One of the men is Sir Louis William Dane (1856–1946). Inscriptions Ink, below image: Lord Curzon and Staff on R.I....
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov-Dec 1903
Extent:
1 b&w silver gelatin print

40. Photo 112(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 112(1)
Title:
'The Sultan interested in the tanks after the demonstration' by Sport & General Press Agency, London
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: This scene, captured at Aldershot during an official visit of the Sultan of Muscat and Oman, Āl Sa‘īd, Sa‘īd ibn Taymūr, to Britain, shows the Sultan (right of image, looking towards the tank) and two of his men: ‘Abd al-Munim bin Yusuf al-Zawauri, Secretary to the Sultan ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Apr 1938
Extent:
1 loose b&w photographic print

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