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Archive Reference (shelfmark) WD3528-3536 Material Type Prints, Drawings and Paintings

1. 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

2. WD3528-3536

Reference (shelfmark):
WD3528-3536
Title:
ELWON, THOMAS (1793/4-1835) Bombay Marine. Midshipman 1810; Captain 1832. Commanded the ‘Benares’ which, along with the ‘Palinarus’ took part in a s ...
Scope & Content:
ELWON, THOMAS (1793/4-1835) Bombay Marine. Midshipman 1810; Captain 1832. Commanded the ‘Benares’ which, along with the ‘Palinarus’ took part in a survey of the Red Sea between 1829 and 1834 to establish the best course for steamers travelling to and from Suez. Before completing the southern se...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1829-1834
Extent:
2 items

3. 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

4. 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

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