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032-000538283 Collection Area Visual Arts

31. IOR/L/PS/7/232(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/7/232(3)
Title:
Kurds in the Samalgan Valley. Photographer: Watson, John Williams
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group of seven men on horseback, posed in a line for the photographer.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Nov 1908-Dec 1908
Extent:
1 item

32. IOR/L/PS/7/232(9)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/7/232(9)
Title:
The Kala Maran from the Katul Plain. Photographer: Watson, John Williams
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Distant view of mountain: 'I had intended to visit Kala Maran, a large flat-topped hill with a perimeter of many miles...but heavy rain put this out of the question as the range was already a foot deep in snow. Instead, as our time was short, we decided to press on ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Nov 1908-Dec 1908
Extent:
1 item

33. IOR/L/PS/7/232(15)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/7/232(15)
Title:
Kadamagh from the east. Photographer: Watson, John Williams
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking across fields towards domed shrine (somewhat distant): '...Upon leaving Nishapur, we rode to Kadamgah, where a shrine was built by Shah Abbas to cover the footprint of the Imam Riza. This shrine is surrounded by fine pines of a different species to ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Nov 1908-Dec 1908
Extent:
1 item

34. IOR/L/PS/7/232(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/7/232(2)
Title:
The Tomb of the Late Ilkhani of Bujnurd. Photographer: Watson, John Williams
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking across stream towards the the tomb, partly obscured by trees: 'In the afternoon, we rode back towards Firuza to visit the tomb of the late Ilkhani. The shrine, as it now is, consists of a central blue dome and two side arches, with four minarets. Th...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Nov 1908-Dec 1908
Extent:
1 item

35. IOR/L/PS/7/232(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/7/232(6)
Title:
Gan Yokmaz Turkoman ploughing [near Gonbad-e Kavus]. Photographer: Watson, John Williams
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography View of plough drawn by a horse and a camel yoked together. 'From the camp near Paras we rode, as on the two previous days, through belts of high reeds, passing Kala Gaour, a mound which marks an ancient site. At six miles beyond it, we were in Yamut country an...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Nov 1908-Dec 1908
Extent:
1 item

36. IOR/L/PS/7/232(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/7/232(8)
Title:
A village in the Astrabad District [Gorgan District]. Photographer: Watson, John Williams
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View of a group of thatched huts, with a group of women seated on the ground in the foreground.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Nov 1908-Dec 1908
Extent:
1 item

37. IOR/L/PS/7/232(13)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/7/232(13)
Title:
Bostam — The Shaking Minaret. Photographer: Watson, John Williams
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking towards the tower, with a group of curious onlookers in the right foreground: 'The famous shaking minaret was next visited and two men shook it with the result that a brick set on edge fell down. It is about forty feet high, composed of brickwork an...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Nov 1908-Dec 1908
Extent:
1 item

38. IOR/L/PS/7/232(12)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/7/232(12)
Title:
The summit of the Kuzluk Pass looking south to the Shah Kuh. Photographer: Watson, John Williams
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Nov 1908-Dec 1908
Extent:
1 item

39. IOR/L/PS/7/232(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/7/232(5)
Title:
[Group in front of tent, with] Muhammad Geldi Khan Goklan in centre. Russian Armenian to his left. Photographer: Watson, John Williams
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group of three men and two youth, all wearing thick black woollen hats, posed in front of an 'alachik' or dome-shaped tent. 'In the morning, as we were starting, we were welcomed by Muhammad Geldi Khan, cousin and successor of Subhan Kuli Khan who had entertain...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Nov 1908-Dec 1908
Extent:
1 item

40. IOR/L/PS/20/65(10)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/65(10)
Title:
Yun-nan [Kunming] city, No. 1. Photographer: Wingate, Alfred Woodrow Stanley
Scope & Content:
View across the rooftops of Kunming towards distant mountains. This and following views are presumably taken from the point described in the report as Wu-hua-Shan: 'From the south gate the ground gradually rises within the walls to the Wu-hua-Shan, which is nearly in the centre of the city, and ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Feb 1899
Extent:
1 item