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51. Photo 496/6(6)

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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

52. 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

53. 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

54. 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

55. 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

56. 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

57. 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

58. Photo 496/6(13)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 496/6(13)
Title:
Bundar Abbas: 'Englishman's Hat' (Custom House). Photographer: Rev. Edwin Aubrey Storrs-Fox
Scope & Content:
View towards the custom house at Bundar Abbas [Bandar Abbas], the large crenellated building in the background. In the foreground men and boys stand along the quays engaged in the loading and unloading of bundles. Inscriptions: Lower left, below image, in pen: ‘'Bundar Abbas.’ Lower right, b...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1917
Extent:
1 b&w silver gelatin print

59. Photo 496/6(14)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 496/6(14)
Title:
Bunder Abbas. Photographer: Rev. Edwin Aubrey Storrs-Fox
Scope & Content:
View in Bundar Abbas [Bandar Abbas]. At left a group of men and boys stand alongside a high stone or brick wall, looking towards the camera. In the centre background a further three figures, one holding a paraso,l stand. At right a woman and person carrying a vessel on their head walk away from ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1917
Extent:
1 b&w silver gelatin print

60. Photo 496/6(15)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 496/6(15)
Title:
Linga: Boat Basin & 'Badghirs.' Photographer: Rev. Edwin Aubrey Storrs-Fox
Scope & Content:
View in Linga [Lingeh] in the harbour. A large group stands on the quay walls at left. Several boats are moored in the background at right. At least six wind towers (badghirs) can be seen rising above the low-lying buildings along the quay from left to right. Inscriptions: Lower left, below im...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1918
Extent:
1 b&w silver gelatin print