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15471. Photo 49/1(24)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 49/1(24)
Title:
'Bushire Coast Line.' Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter View of Bushire. The shoreline extends from right to distant left, lined with two-storey buildings. A particularly ornate balcony is visible at far right. In the distant background at left a dhow can be seen Inscriptions Ink, below image: 'Bushire Coast Line.' Pencil,...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2-3 Dec 1903
Extent:
1 b&w silver gelatin print

15472. Photo 49/1(25)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 49/1(25)
Title:
Lord Curzon and Staff on R.I.M.S. Lawrence.' Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter Group portrait of Lord Curzon and his personal staff and naval officers on board R. I. M. S. Lawrence. Curzon is seated second from left, wearing a flat cap. One of the men is Sir Louis William Dane (1856–1946). Inscriptions Ink, below image: Lord Curzon and Staff on R.I....
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov-Dec 1903
Extent:
1 b&w silver gelatin print

15473. Photo 355/1(34)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 355/1(34)
Title:
Entrance to Bushire Residency
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: General view of the Bushire Residency and surrounding buildings, looking across a paved area. A low wall from left to right across the centre of the image divides the paved area from the Residency. To the left of the image a low-ceilinged flat-roofed structure occupies mu...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c. 1870
Extent:
1 b&w albumen print

15474. Photo 355/1(35)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 355/1(35)
Title:
'Bushire Resident's Country House'
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: General view of the Resident at Bushire's Country House. Several large trees are visible in the background behind the house as well as in front of the verandah to the right of the image. Inscriptions: Upper right, in pencil alongside image: 'b', '35' Below image, in pe...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c. 1870
Extent:
1 b&w albumen print

15475. Photo 355/1(36)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 355/1(36)
Title:
'Bushire sea-side view.'
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: General view of the sea-front at Bushire. A dhow with a lateen sail can be seen immediately to the right of the centre along the horizon. The highest structure along the horizon is a wind tower, which can be seen right of centre. In the foreground is a boat at anchor. ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c. 1870
Extent:
1 b&w albumen print

15476. Photo 355/1(37)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 355/1(37)
Title:
'Governor's House Bushire'
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: General view of Bushire from a high point. The photograph was likely taken from the Governor's House rather than with the intention of depicting it as no particular structure appears to be the main subject of the photograph. The sea front can be seen along the horizon at...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c. 1870
Extent:
1 b&w albumen print

15477. Photo 355/1(38)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 355/1(38)
Title:
‘Bahrein’ [View of Sharjah from across the Sharjah Creek], c. 1873.
Scope & Content:
General view of Sharjah Town, taken from aross Sharjah Creek looking southeast. The horizon line is punctuated by various built structures, before which a variety of dhows and other craft are moored, at anchor or pulled up along the shoreline. A large group of figures can be seen standing alon...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c.1873
Extent:
1 b&w albumen print

15478. Photo 355/1(39)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 355/1(39)
Title:
'Old Portuguese Fort, Bahrein'
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: View of the Old Portuguese Fort or Qal'at al-Bahrain, location of the ancient capital of the Dilmun civilization. The fortified structure along the horizon is at the top of a tel. In the middle-ground, immediately in front of the fort, a large number reed or palm frond s...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c. 1870
Extent:
1 b&w albumen print

15479. Photo 355/1(40)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 355/1(40)
Title:
'Ruffar Fort, Bahrein'
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: View of Ruffar Fort (Riffa Fort) at Riffa in Bahrain. The fort is located on raised ground along the horizon to the right of centre. Immediately before the fort and below the horizon to the left of the scene various mounds and earthworks can be seen. Some low-lying structu...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c. 1870
Extent:
1 b&w albumen print

15480. Photo 355/1(41)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 355/1(41)
Title:
'Telegraph Station, Jask'
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: General view of the British Telegraph Station at Jask. Typical of British Colonial architecture, the installation consists of at least five two-storey structures featuring round arches. The foreground and middle-ground is made up of a stoney plain with little vegetation....
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c. 1870
Extent:
1 b&w albumen print

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