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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Archive Reference (shelfmark) Mss Eur F140

1. Mss Eur F140/234/4

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F140/234/4
Title:
‘Capt C. at Marshag. May 22nd 71’
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter This pencil sketch on paper depicts a man reclining against a pillow on a chaise-longue while reading. It is drawn in the style of a caricature, which is in keeping with other figural sketches in this volume and, more broadly, in the related files Mss Eur F140/232 and Mss E...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 May 1871
Extent:
1 drawing; pencil on paper, pasted into volume

2. Mss Eur F140/234/5

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F140/234/5
Title:
‘Aden – Oct 22nd /71’
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter These two small watercolour drawings depict scenes taken from life at the Settlement of Aden in 1871. Both drawings focus on Arabs’ use of camels as a form of transport. In the left-hand drawing, four veiled women perch alongside one another atop a litter held in place on...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Oct 1871
Extent:
2 drawings; watercolour and pencil on paper, pasted into volume

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