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21. Photo 496/6(20)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 496/6(20)
Title:
Linga. Photographer: Rev. Edwin Aubrey Storrs-Fox
Scope & Content:
View across Linga [Lingeh] from an elevated position. At right a long, tunnel-like structure is visible, while a large three-storey building is visible immediately right of centre in the background. A number of figures can be seen. Throughout the town window towers (badghirs) are visible. Insc...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1918
Extent:
1 b&w silver gelatin print

22. Photo 496/6(21)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 496/6(21)
Title:
Linga. Photographer: Rev. Edwin Aubrey Storrs-Fox
Scope & Content:
View across Linga [Lingeh] from an elevated position. In the left middle-ground, clothing hangs from a washing line. Wind towers (badghirs) are visible in the background. Inscriptions: Lower left, below image, in pen: ‘Linga’ Upper left, above image, in pencil, crossed-out: ‘a’ Lower right,...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1918
Extent:
1 b&w silver gelatin print

23. Photo 496/6(22)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 496/6(22)
Title:
Linga. Photographer: Rev. Edwin Aubrey Storrs-Fox
Scope & Content:
View in Linga [Lingeh] of a camel caravan. The camels walk from left to right away from the camera. At least one man walks in formation with them. In the background at left, a yakhchāl (ice pit) with an arched doorway is visible. Inscriptions: Lower left, below image, in pen: ‘Linga.’ Upper ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1918
Extent:
1 b&w silver gelatin print

24. Photo 496/6(23)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 496/6(23)
Title:
Linga: Swahili Pearl Divers. Photographer: Rev. Edwin Aubrey Storrs-Fox
Scope & Content:
View in Linga [Lingeh] of a group of pearl divers – here described as Swahili, but possibly simply East Africans. A group of five women sit along a reed mat in the foreground at right and centre, while in the middleground at right and left further groups of men and women stand and sit, for the m...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1918
Extent:
1 b&w silver gelatin print

25. Photo 496/6(24)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 496/6(24)
Title:
Linga: Swahili Pearl Divers
Scope & Content:
View in Linga [Lingeh] of a group of pearl divers – here described as Swahili, possibly simply East Africans. A group of women stand at left facing away from the camera and towards a group of men who are making music with drums. Inscriptions: Lower left, below image, in pen: ‘Linga.’ Upper l...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1918
Extent:
1 b&w silver gelatin print

26. Photo 496/6(25)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 496/6(25)
Title:
Linga: Birkehs. Photographer: Rev. Edwin Aubrey Storrs-Fox
Scope & Content:
View in Linga [Lingeh] of two yakhchāls. Here described as ‘birkehs’, which are cisterns, most likely ice pits. In the background, palm trees line the horizon. In the middle-ground two women walk across the scene. Inscriptions: Lower left, below image, in pen: ‘Linga.’ Upper left, above imag...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1918
Extent:
1 b&w silver gelatin print

27. Photo 496/6(26)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 496/6(26)
Title:
Linga. Photographer: Rev. Edwin Aubrey Storrs-Fox
Scope & Content:
View in Linga (Lingeh) of a group of women standing and sitting in the archway of what may be a yakhchāl (ice pit) or birkeh (cistern). One woman stands while pouring from a bucket or kettle. Two other women sit before her; one of whom appears to be carrying an upturned bowl on her head. Inscr...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1918
Extent:
1 b&w silver gelatin print

28. Photo 496/6(27)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 496/6(27)
Title:
Bahrein. Photographer: Rev. Edwin Aubrey Storrs-Fox
Scope & Content:
View showing three pack donkeys being fed in Bahrein (Bahrain). Several men stand and squat alongside the donkeys. In the background a semi-ruined structure is visible. Inscriptions: Lower left, below image, in pen: ‘Bahrein.’ Upper left, above image, in pencil, crossed-out: ‘a’ Lower right...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1918
Extent:
1 b&w silver gelatin print

29. Photo 496/6(28)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 496/6(28)
Title:
Bahrein. Photographer: Rev. Edwin Aubrey Storrs-Fox
Scope & Content:
View in Bahrein (Bahrain), showing two European (probably British) men and one Arab man mounted on donkeys and standing in front of a whitewashed building. The man in the background wears a sash and sits side-saddle on his donkey. At right a group of men stand watching. Another man is partially ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1918
Extent:
1 b&w silver gelatin print

30. Photo 496/6(29)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 496/6(29)
Title:
Bahrein: The Tombs. Photographer: Rev. Edwin Aubrey Storrs-Fox
Scope & Content:
View in Bahrein (Bahrain) of the ‘Tombs’, burial mounds dating to the Dilmun, Umm an-Nar and later cultures. The mounds extend into the far distance. At left three men and two donkeys are just visible in the photograph. Inscriptions: Lower left, below image, in pen: ‘Bahrein.’ Upper left, ab...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1918
Extent:
1 b&w silver gelatin print