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391. Photo 496/6(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 496/6(3)
Title:
Karachi: Arab Dhows. Photographer: Rev. Edwin Aubrey Storrs-Fox
Scope & Content:
This scene, likely taken from on board ship, shows five dhows with two-lateen sail rigs at anchor at Karachi. The dhow nearest to the camera has both of its sails stowed. A rope ladder hangs over the starboard beam end. The anchor chain can be seen afore the bow of the vessel. In the distanc...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1916
Extent:
1 b&w silver gelatin print

392. Photo 496/6(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 496/6(4)
Title:
Mathra Bay. Photographer: Rev. Edwin Aubrey Storrs-Fox
Scope & Content:
This scene, taken from on board ship, shows the coastline at Mathra Bay, Muscat. Two high outcrops of rock can be seen in the centre of the image; a fortified structure stands on the highest point on the left outcrop. Immediately below this, just below the horizon line, a small flat-bottomed b...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1918
Extent:
1 b&w silver gelatin print

393. Photo 496/6(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 496/6(5)
Title:
Muscat. Photographer: Rev. Edwin Aubrey Storrs-Fox
Scope & Content:
View of the harbour at Muscat, with Fort Al-Mirani in the background. The photograph was likely taken from near Fort Al-Jalali. Rocky ridges rise behind the fort on the horizon to the right of the fort, while to the left more built structures curve around the bay. Compare, for instance, the si...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1918
Extent:
1 b&w silver gelatin print

394. Photo 496/6(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 496/6(6)
Title:
Sedab. Photographer: Rev. Edwin Aubrey Storrs-Fox
Scope & Content:
This scene shows the landscape of Sedab from the sea. The photograph was likely taken from on board ship. Rocky mountains rise in the background. A settlement occupies the thin strip of land along the shoreline from left to right of centre along the horizon line, where palm trees can be seen. ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1918
Extent:
1 b&w silver gelatin print

395. Photo 496/6(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 496/6(7)
Title:
Muscat. Photographer: Rev. Edwin Aubrey Storrs-Fox
Scope & Content:
This scene shows a built up area of Muscat at the foot of an outcrop near the Al-Mirani or Al-Jalali fort. The fort’s defensive structures and three main towers are visible along the horizon while several other structures are visible in the fore- and middle-ground. At left is a crumbling wal...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1918
Extent:
1 b&w silver gelatin print

396. Photo 496/6(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 496/6(8)
Title:
Muscat: Mathra Gate. Photographer: Rev. Edwin Aubrey Storrs-Fox
Scope & Content:
This image shows a section of the ramparts around Muscat and the Mathra Gate (immediately left of centre). Three men can be seen at centre walking towards the pointed arch of the gate, carrying round vessels on their shoulders. In the background on the right and in the background at centre, fu...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1918
Extent:
1 b&w silver gelatin print

397. Photo 496/6(9)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 496/6(9)
Title:
Muscat: from Mathra Road. Photographer: Rev. Edwin Aubrey Storrs-Fox
Scope & Content:
This image shows Muscat from the Mathra road, west or southwest of the town. In the background, at left, the towers of Al-Mirani fort rise in front of the sea beyond. Rocky outcrops rise from centre foreground and background to right of the image, while at centre the whitewashed buildings of...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1918
Extent:
1 b&w silver gelatin print

398. Photo 496/6(10)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 496/6(10)
Title:
Riyam. Photographer: Rev. Edwin Aubrey Storrs-Fox
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: This image shows Riyam and parts of the bay in the right background. Rocky outcrops descend from left to centre of the image where several poles, perhaps telegraph poles, can be seen. Inscriptions: Lower left, below image, in pen: ‘Riyam.’ Upper left, above image, in...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1918
Extent:
1 b&w silver gelatin print

399. Photo 496/6(11)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 496/6(11)
Title:
Mathra. Photographer: Rev. Edwin Aubrey Storrs-Fox
Scope & Content:
This image shows Mathra and part of the bay behind it. In the far distance at centre a settlement, perhaps Muscat itself, lines the shore. A fortified castle or tower can be seen on the near side of the bay, atop a steep rocky hill. Rocky outcrops descend from left and right to centre of the i...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1918
Extent:
1 b&w silver gelatin print

400. Photo 496/6(12)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 496/6(12)
Title:
Mathra: Country Boat. Photographer: Rev. Edwin Aubrey Storrs-Fox
Scope & Content:
This image shows a group of men and boys standing and sitting on or behind a local boat known as a ‘shasha’, made from the central stalks of palm fronds (barusti) bundled together. Inscriptions: Lower left, below image, in pen: ‘Mathra.’ Lower right, below image, in pen: ‘Country Boat' Uppe...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1918
Extent:
1 b&w silver gelatin print

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