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11. Photo 49/1(10)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 49/1(10)
Title:
'Khor-Kawi Passage, [Persian Gulf]' Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: View from on board ship, looking towards the Khor Kawi Passage [Khor Kuwai/Quwai Strait], between Goat island [Jazirat al Ghanam] and Telegraph island (which is part of the Musandam Peninsula). The wake of the steamer can be seen extending from the foreground into the di...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Nov 1903
Extent:
1 b&w silver gelatin print

12. Photo 49/1(11)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 49/1(11)
Title:
'Panoramic View of Hills, Elphinstone Inlet. [Persian Gulf]' Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: View from on board ship, looking towards Elphinstone Inlet [Muḩāfaz̧at Musandam], off Telegraph Island. A steamer is visible right of centre and a smaller craft can be seen at far left. Rocky hills fill the skyline and a small low-lying island is visible in front of them...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Nov 1903
Extent:
1 b&w silver gelatin print

13. Photo 49/1(12)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 49/1(12)
Title:
'Exterior of Fort, Hormuz, showing mouldering walls.' Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: View of the walls of a fort on Hormuz Island, perhaps the Fort of Our Lady of the Conception, also known as the Portuguese Castle, the construction of which was completed after the Portuguese conquest of 1515. Two men stand in front of the crumbling walls, one immediatel...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Nov 1903
Extent:
1 b&w silver gelatin print

14. Photo 49/1(13)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 49/1(13)
Title:
'View from Old Fort, Hormuz.' Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: View from the old fort on Hormuz Island (perhaps the Fort of Our Lady of the Conception, also known as the Portuguese Castle) towards a settlement, probably Hormuz itself. All the structures are low-lying stone buildings with wooden or reed roofs. Craggy hills rise in th...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Nov 1903
Extent:
1 b&w silver gelatin print

15. Photo 49/1(14)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 49/1(14)
Title:
'General View, Hormuz.' Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: View from the old fort on Hormuz Island (perhaps the Fort of Our Lady of the Conception, also known as the Portuguese Castle) towards a settlement, likely Hormuz itself. All the structures are low-lying stone buildings with wooden or reed roofs. Craggy hills rise in the ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Nov 1903
Extent:
1 b&w silver gelatin print

16. Photo 49/1(15)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 49/1(15)
Title:
'Distant View of Hormuz.' Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: View of Hormuz Island from on board ship. An imposing fort, probably the Fort of Our Lady of the Conception, also known as the Portuguese Castle (shown in Photo 49/1/12), is visible in the centre background. Craggy hills rise in the background. Inscriptions: Ink, belo...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Nov 1903
Extent:
1 b&w silver gelatin print

17. 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

18. 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

19. 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

20. 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

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