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Archive Reference (shelfmark) WD3472-3527 Place Aden, South Yemen, Yemen

1. WD3472

Reference (shelfmark):
WD3472
Title:
Panorama of the northwest side of Aden from the sea, Steamer Point in the centre, Flint Island and Ordnance Bay at left and Ras Morbat on right. Artist(s): Haines, Stafford Bettesworth (1802-1860)
Scope & Content:
Panorama of the northwest side of Aden from the sea, Steamer Point in the centre, Flint Island and Ordnance Bay at left and Ras Morbat on right. Inscribed:’ Sketch of Aden from the Euphrates’ with pencil notes identifying houses, shipping etc. Pencil and water-colour; 29.5 by 159 cm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1820s-1854
Extent:
1 Item

2. WD3473

Reference (shelfmark):
WD3473
Title:
Panorama of the northwest side of Aden from the sea, Steamer Point in the centre, Flint Island and Ordnance Bay at left and Ras Morbat on right. Artist(s): Haines, Stafford Bettesworth (1802-1860)
Scope & Content:
Panorama of the eastern side of Aden from Sirah Island, Old Crater Town in the centre, Ras Marshag on left, and Ras al Arag on right. Inscribed: ‘Sketch of the Peninsular and Town of Aden, Arabia, from the Peak of Seera Island, Elevation of Peak 436 feet above the Sea’ with notes identifying bu...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1820s-1854
Extent:
1 Item

3. WD3474

Reference (shelfmark):
WD3474
Title:
Panorama of Aden with Ras Morbat on left, Telegraph Bay centre right and Elephant’s Back on far right. Inscribed with pencil notes on houses, naval burial ground and other landmarks. Artist(s): Haines, Stafford Bettesworth (1802-1860)
Scope & Content:
Panorama of Aden with Ras Morbat on left, Telegraph Bay centre right and Elephant’s Back on far right. Inscribed with pencil notes on houses, naval burial ground and other landmarks. Pencil and water-colour; 45.5 by 142 cm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1820s-1854
Extent:
1 Item

4. WD3475

Reference (shelfmark):
WD3475
Title:
'The North Pass of Aden or Baab el Yemen. Inside' by Stafford Bettesworth Haines
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: View of the ‘North Pass’, or Baab el Yemen, at Aden. This probably depicts a pass between the main British settlement at Crater and Khormakser. “Inside” may refer to the location the drawing depicts, or to the fact that it depicts the south side of the pass, i.e. within th...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1839-54
Extent:
1 pencil drawing on paper

5. WD3476

Reference (shelfmark):
WD3476
Title:
'A Mussulman Temple, Aden' by Stafford Bettesworth Haines
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: View of a mosque or mausoleum at Aden, which may be an earlier incarnation of the Mosque of Abu Bakr al-‘Aydarus. The original building was constructed in the fifteenth century but heavily reconstructed at some point in the nineteenth century, perhaps after this sketch was...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1839-54
Extent:
1 pencil drawing on paper

6. WD3479

Reference (shelfmark):
WD3479
Title:
'Rough Pencil Sketch from the Point Bungalo Ras Marbut, Aden' by Stafford Bettesworth Haines
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: View of the verandah of Haines’s bungalow at Ras Marbut [Ra’s Marbūţ] looking towards Little Aden. Haines sits facing away from the viewer at right, apparently sketching. His wife and another woman stand at centre in profile, looking out to sea. Several chairs, benches and...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1839-54
Extent:
1 watercolour and pencil drawing on paper

7. WD3480

Reference (shelfmark):
WD3480
Title:
View looking towards Little Aden. Artist(s): Haines, Stafford Bettesworth (1802-1860)
Scope & Content:
View looking towards Little Aden. Inscribed on reverse: ‘From Capt. Haines Bungalow Dec.’ 1’845’. Water-colour; 19 by 27.5 cm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1845
Extent:
1 Item

8. WD3481

Reference (shelfmark):
WD3481
Title:
View of Jebel Shamsan and Crater Town from Ras Marshag with Holkat Bay on right and Sirah Island beyond. Haines sits sketching, his wife beside him. A young boy, possibly their son Stafford, rides a donkey, a palanquin nearby. Artist(s): Haines, Staf
Scope & Content:
View of Jebel Shamsan and Crater Town from Ras Marshag with Holkat Bay on right and Sirah Island beyond. Haines sits sketching, his wife beside him. A young boy, possibly their son Stafford, rides a donkey, a palanquin nearby. Water-colour; 26 by 45.5 cm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1820s-1854
Extent:
1 Item

9. WD3482

Reference (shelfmark):
WD3482
Title:
'Aden from the plain above the 16th Lines'. Artist(s): Haines, Stafford Bettesworth (1802-1860)
Scope & Content:
‘Aden from the plain above the 16th Lines. 1845’. Pencil; 22.2 by 28.5 cm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1845
Extent:
1 Item

10. WD3483

Reference (shelfmark):
WD3483
Title:
Houses at the foot of mountains, probably Aden
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: View of several colonial buildings at the foot of mountains, probably at Aden. This unfinished pencil sketch may depict Haines’ first residence in Crater. A cross or flagstaff on the lowest peak at upper centre may provide additional clues as to its location. Inscripti...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1839-54
Extent:
1 pencil drawing on paper