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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 ...
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...
'Landing at foot of Salt Hills [Qishm].' Photographer: Unknown
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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...
'Salt Rocks and River [Qishm].' Photographer: Unknown
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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’
'Artist at Work, Kishim [Qishm].' Photographer: Unknown
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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’
'Bodyguard of Mailed Sowars, Koweit.' Photographer: Unknown
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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...
'Camel Guard-of-Honour, Koweit.' Photographer: Raja Deen Dayal & Sons
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Genre/Subject Matter View of a group of eleven men mounted on camels to form a guard of honour. Inscriptions Ink, below image: 'Camel Guard-of-Honour, Koweit.' Pencil, lower right, alongside image: ‘20’
'The Shaikh waiting, Koweit.' Photographer: Unknown
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Genre/Subject Matter View in the desert in Koweit [Kuwait], showing the Shaikh of Koweit on horseback. A man stands alongside the horse. Both are wearing vertically striped robes and wear long swords at their waists. In the background at right another man carries a flag atop a staff and also we...
Genre/Subject Matter View of the shoreline at Koweit [Kuwait]. At right, Lord Curzon and his staff are being carried ashore by Arab men from a small boat at far right. The Shaikh of Kuwait or his retainer stands at left alongside a horse waiting for the Europeans to come ashore. In the distan...
'A Few Words of Welcome, Koweit.' Photographer: Unknown
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Genre/Subject Matter View of a group of Kuwaiti men on the shore at Koweit [Kuwait], greeting Lord Curzon’s party as they land. A carriage drawn by two horses stands waiting right of centre. In the background the waters of the Persian Gulf and some small boats are visible. Inscriptions Ink, ...
