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1. Photo 430/8(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/8(1)
Title:
'[Muscat] Town and Bay. 31st Oct 1900'. Photographer: Arthur Alexander Crookshank
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter General view over the town out towards the harbour, from the south-west, looking north-east. Several-storeyed white-washed buildings can be seen in the fore- and middleground. To the far left, two apparently fortified towers can be seen on the foothills of the ridge at left...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Oct 1900
Extent:
1 b&w photographic print

2. Photo 430/8(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/8(2)
Title:
'[Muscat] The Town looking North. 31. Oct 1900'. Photographer: Arthur Alexander Crookshank
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter General view from the outskirts of the town (likely present-day Mutrah) to the harbour and promontory fort, from an elevated position, looking north-northeast. The area of the town and coastline visible in the distant middleground is the part of the town featured in the pre...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Oct 1900
Extent:
1 b&w photographic print

3. Photo 430/8(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/8(3)
Title:
'[Muscat] British Consulate. 31. Oct 1900'. Photographer: Arthur Alexander Crookshank
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter View from the shoreline of the British Consulate at Muscat, looking due west. The consulate is a pale-stoned, two or three-storeyed building built along the quays. Two gas lamps can be seen along the quay in front of the building and a single mashrabiyya (a form of enclos...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Oct 1900
Extent:
1 b&w photographic print

4. Photo 430/8(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/8(4)
Title:
'[Muscat] Old Portuguese Fort (1550). 31. Oct 1900'. Photographer: Arthur Alexander Crookshank
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter This view of the Al-Jalali Fort at the south-eastern end of the Bay of Muscat was likely photographed from the roof of the British Consulate, situated along the shoreline adjacent to it (see also Photo 430/8/3). Inscriptions Upper right, in pen, on image: 'p. 8'; alongsi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Oct 1900
Extent:
1 b&w photographic print

5. Photo 430/8(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/8(5)
Title:
'[Muscat] Sultan's Palace. 31. Oct 1900'. Photographer: Arthur Alexander Crookshank
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter This view of the bay of Muscat from an elevated position in the east was likely photographed from Al-Jalali fort. It shows the Al-Mirani fort at centre, along with the Sultan's Palace and a variety of other buildings lining the shore in the left middleground. Many small c...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Oct 1900
Extent:
1 b&w photographic print

6. Photo 430/8(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/8(6)
Title:
'[Muscat] Sidap. Village. 31. Oct 1900'. Photographer: Arthur Alexander Crookshank
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter This scene, taken from an elevated position looking southwards towards a bay, shows the village of Sidāb, approximately 3 km south of the Bay of Muscat. A well-trodden path or dried-up stream can be seen leading through the dwellings, the majority of which appear to be te...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Oct 1900
Extent:
1 b&w photographic print

7. Photo 430/8(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/8(7)
Title:
Jask. Telegraph Buildings. 1 Nov 1900. Photographer: Crookshank, Arthur Alexander
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of buildings, printed from a cracked negative. Subjects = British colonial architecture; communications; Curzon Collection; telegraph offices; telegraphs Location = Hormozgan; Iran; Jask
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1 Nov 1900
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 430/8(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/8(8)
Title:
Jask. Fort and beach. 1 Nov 1900. Photographer: Crookshank, Arthur Alexander
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Slightly distant view, printed from a cracked negative. Subjects = Curzon Collection; forts Location = Hormozgan; Iran; Jask
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1 Nov 1900
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 430/8(9)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/8(9)
Title:
Bandar Abbas. Sea front looking west. 11 Nov 1900. Photographer: Crookshank, Arthur Alexander
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Printed from a cracked negative. Subjects = Curzon Collection Location = Bandar Abbas; Hormozgan; Iran
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
11 Nov 1900
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 430/8(10)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/8(10)
Title:
Bandar Abbas. The town looking west. 11 Nov 1900. Photographer: Crookshank, Arthur Alexander
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = Curzon Collection Location = Bandar Abbas; Hormozgan; Iran
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
11 Nov 1900
Extent:
1 item

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