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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Archive Reference (shelfmark) Photo 496 Subject Landscape photography

1. Photo 496/6(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 496/6(7)
Title:
Muscat. Photographer: Rev. Edwin Aubrey Storrs-Fox
Scope & Content:
This scene shows a built up area of Muscat at the foot of an outcrop near the Al-Mirani or Al-Jalali fort. The fort’s defensive structures and three main towers are visible along the horizon while several other structures are visible in the fore- and middle-ground. At left is a crumbling wal...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1918
Extent:
1 b&w silver gelatin print

2. Photo 496/6(10)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 496/6(10)
Title:
Riyam. Photographer: Rev. Edwin Aubrey Storrs-Fox
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: This image shows Riyam and parts of the bay in the right background. Rocky outcrops descend from left to centre of the image where several poles, perhaps telegraph poles, can be seen. Inscriptions: Lower left, below image, in pen: ‘Riyam.’ Upper left, above image, in...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1918
Extent:
1 b&w silver gelatin print

3. Photo 496/6(11)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 496/6(11)
Title:
Mathra. Photographer: Rev. Edwin Aubrey Storrs-Fox
Scope & Content:
This image shows Mathra and part of the bay behind it. In the far distance at centre a settlement, perhaps Muscat itself, lines the shore. A fortified castle or tower can be seen on the near side of the bay, atop a steep rocky hill. Rocky outcrops descend from left and right to centre of the i...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1918
Extent:
1 b&w silver gelatin print

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