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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Material Type Prints, Drawings and Paintings

71. Photo 667/4(505)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 667/4(505)
Title:
'Jetty at Sitra.' Photographer: Arthur Edward Broadbent Parsons
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: View of the jetty at Sitra, Manama, Bahrain. Two large liners are visible at centre and left in the background. Various cranes and other moving equipment is visible. Inscriptions: Below image, in pen: 'Jetty at Sitra' Below image, in pencil: ‘505’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan-Mar 1956
Extent:
1 b&w silver gelatin print

72. Photo 667/4(507)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 667/4(507)
Title:
'British Sailor.' Photographer: Arthur Edward Broadbent Parsons
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: View from the stern of a steamship, ‘British Sailor’, at sail. Inscriptions: Below image, in pen: 'British Sailor' Below image, in pencil: ‘507’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan-Mar 1956
Extent:
1 b&w silver gelatin print

73. Photo 667/4/506

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 667/4/506
Title:
'British Sailor at Mina.' Photographer: Arthur Edward Broadbent Parsons
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: View of a steamship, ‘British Sailor’, moored alongside a quay at Mina [Mina Salman Port], Bahrain. Inscriptions: Below image, in pen: 'British Sailor at Mina' Below image, in pencil: ‘506’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan-Mar 1956
Extent:
1 b&w silver gelatin print

74. WD3472-3527

Reference (shelfmark):
WD3472-3527
Title:
Fifty-six drawings of landscapes, figures, animals and ships, mostly Aden, many by Stafford Bettesworth Haines (1802-60)
Scope & Content:
Fifty-six drawings of landscapes, figures, animals and ships, mostly Aden, many by Stafford Bettesworth Haines (1802-60)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1820s-1854
Extent:
56 drawings

75. 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

76. WD3533

Reference (shelfmark):
WD3533
Title:
View of Hodedda [Al Hodeida] and a fort by Thomas Elwon (1793/4–1835)
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: These two topographical views of the coastline along the Red Sea coast are sketched from on board ship. The upper image shows the town of Hodedda [Al Hodeida] from a distance of two miles. Although the sketch is incomplete, a number of details are visible: at right a larg...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1829-1834
Extent:

2 topographical views on 1 sheet of paper

77. WD3533-3536

Reference (shelfmark):
WD3533-3536
Title:
Drawings of the coast around Aden and along the Red Sea made during Elwon’s survey to establish the best course for steamers travelling to and from Suez by Thomas Elwon (1793/4-1835)
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: A series of coastal profiles in pencil, mostly incomplete, record the survey of the Red Sea undertaken by Captain Thomas Elwon of the Benares that took place between 1829-1834 to establish the best course for steamers to and from Suez. Taken from a sketch book inscribed ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1829-1834
Extent:
9 topographical views on four sheets of paper