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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Place Babelmandel, Asia Level [41] Item

1. Mss Eur G45/8, f 26

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur G45/8, f 26
Title:
‘Straits of Babelmandel. 12 Novr 1850.’
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter Pencil sketch on paper. The sketch shows three, presumably sequential, topographical views of the coastal region at the Bab el-Mandeb strait (12° 34' 34” North, 43° 21' 11” East) between Arabia (Yemen) and Africa (Djibouti and Eritrea). This strait, consisting of a two-mil...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Nov 1850
Extent:

1 drawing on paper, pasted into volume

2. WD3528-3528a

Reference (shelfmark):
WD3528-3528a
Title:
Six views of the Red Sea coastline and flysheet of a sketchbook by Thomas Elwon (1793/4–1835)
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: These six topographical views of the coastline, probably along the strait of Babelmandel Bab-el-Mandeb, are sketched from on board ship. On the recto of WD3528, two detailed views indicate settlements, boats at anchor, fortifications, lighthouses and other structures as ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1829-34
Extent:
6 partial pencil drawings and flysheet of sketchbook on two sheets of paper

3. WD3535

Reference (shelfmark):
WD3535
Title:
Two views of the coast of Babelmandel Cape [Ras Bab-el-Mandeb] by Thomas Elwon (1793/4–1835)
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: These two sequential topographical views of Babelmandel Cape [Ras Bab-el-Mandeb], sketched from on board ship. The area shown is a fully worked view based on the sketches found in WD3528 and show the following features of the coastline, from left to right: Fisher’s or Pi...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1829-1834
Extent:

2 sequential, topographical, watercolour views on 1 sheet of paper

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