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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Archive Reference (shelfmark) Mss Eur G45 Place Aden, Arabian Peninsula

1. Mss Eur G45/8, f 28

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur G45/8, f 28
Title:
‘Chota Aden 11 Novr 1850’
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter Pencil sketch on paper. The sketch shows a maritime/topographical view of a coastal region near or at the British Settlement at Aden in present-day Yemen. The view was sketched from on board ship and shows one dhow and seven other craft; one of the vessels in the foregro...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Nov 1850
Extent:

1 drawing on paper, pasted into volume

2. Mss Eur G45/10, f 102

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur G45/10, f 102
Title:
‘Aden 11. June going out of Harbour’ and ‘Trajan’s Bridge on the Danube. 16 June 1856’. Artist: Augustus Fortunatus Bellasis
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject matter Two pencil sketches on paper. The sketch on recto, sketched from on board ship, shows a landscape scene looking inland from the harbour at Aden. The range of hills or mountains in the background probably indicate Jebel Shamsan, or the Shamsan Range, often referred to as ‘...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1855-1856
Extent:

2 pencil drawings on one sheet of paper, pasted into volume

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