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41. Photo 496/6(40)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 496/6(40)
Title:
Mohammerah. Photographer: Rev. Edwin Aubrey Storrs-Fox
Scope & Content:
View in Mohammerah [Khorramshahr]. A narrow creek at the left of the photograph is one of the many small waterways that lead towards the Shatt El-Arab. In the centre background stands a two-storey house with two large mashrabiyya and a roof-terrace. In front of the house a small bridge crosses ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1917
Extent:
1 b&w silver gelatin print

42. Photo 496/6(41)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 496/6(41)
Title:
Mohammerah: Shatt-El-Arab. Photographer: Rev. Edwin Aubrey Storrs-Fox
Scope & Content:
View in Mohammerah [Khorramshahr] looking towards the Shatt-El-Arab. In the foreground an apparently unoccupied dugout canoe floats in front of a spit of land. A crumbling stone wall and a few palms obscure the view at right; on the left another dugout can be seen in the background, carrying a l...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1917
Extent:
1 b&w silver gelatin print

43. Photo 496/6(42)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 496/6(42)
Title:
Mohammerah: A 'Mahela'. Photographer: Rev. Edwin Aubrey Storrs-Fox
Scope & Content:
View in Mohammerah [Khorramshahr] of a ‘mahela’ (or ‘mahaila’), a large river sailing boat found on the waterways of Iraq. The boat is at anchor in the right of the image, and partially out of water. On the left, the bank of the river or creek leads away in the background behind a large tree. A ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1917
Extent:
1 b&w silver gelatin print

44. Photo 496/6(43)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 496/6(43)
Title:
Ahwaz. Photographer: Rev. Edwin Aubrey Storrs-Fox
Scope & Content:
Street scene in Ahwaz [Ahvaz]. High stone walls at right and left extend into the distant background where a number of figures are walking. At far left a man walks towards the camera while at centre a man wearing European-style dress and a child walk alongside a donkey. Inscriptions: Lower le...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1917
Extent:
1 b&w silver gelatin print

45. Photo 496/6(44)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 496/6(44)
Title:
Ahwaz. Photographer: Rev. Edwin Aubrey Storrs-Fox
Scope & Content:
Market scene inAhwaz [Ahvaz]. High stone walls at right extend into the distant background along which rows of reed-covered stalls sell earthenware pots and other wares. At centre a man walks through the scene. At left the supporting columns, made from twisted trunks, of the canopy overhead can ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1917
Extent:
1 b&w silver gelatin print

46. Photo 496/6(45)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 496/6(45)
Title:
Ahwaz: Karun River. Photographer: Rev. Edwin Aubrey Storrs-Fox
Scope & Content:
View across the Karun river at Ahwaz [Ahvaz]. A small child stands naked on the bank with an older boy, who is kneeling. Various bundles of cloth are strewn on bank around the boys’ feet. In the distant background a herd of animals is being led to water by several men. Behind them a large, long ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1917
Extent:
1 b&w silver gelatin print

47. Photo 496/6(46)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 496/6(46)
Title:
Tembi River: Near Der-i-Kezineh [Darkhazīneh]. Photographer: Rev. Edwin Aubrey Storrs-Fox
Scope & Content:
View near Der-i-Kezineh [Darkhazīneh]. A horse-drawn carriage stands waiting at centre. Alongside it on the left runs the Tembi river (possibly a tributary of the Karun river). A scree-covered slope extends downwards towards the river from right. Inscriptions: Lower left, below image, in pen: ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1917
Extent:
1 b&w silver gelatin print

48. Photo 496/6(47)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 496/6(47)
Title:
Tembi River. Photographer: Rev. Edwin Aubrey Storrs-Fox
Scope & Content:
Second view of the Tembi river (possibly a tributary of the Karun river). A horse-drawn carriage stands waiting at centre, facing away from the camera. The river runs from centre to right alongside the carriage. At right and in the background high rocky ranges lead away into the distance. In...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1917
Extent:
1 b&w silver gelatin print

49. Photo 496/6(48)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 496/6(48)
Title:
Maidan-i-Naftan. Photographer: Rev. Edwin Aubrey Storrs-Fox
Scope & Content:
View across 'Maidan-i-Naftan' [Maidan-i-Naftūn], the oil fields near Masjed Soleymān. A number of structures can be seen along the distant horizon, while in the middle-ground a river valley runs from left to centre. Inscriptions: Lower left, below image, in pen: 'Maidan-i-Naftan' Upper left,...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1917
Extent:
1 b&w silver gelatin print

50. Photo 496/7

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 496/7
Title:
Album of views in India and the Persian Gulf. Photographer: Rev. Edwin Aubrey Storrs-Fox
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: The album contains historical landscape, maritime and architectural snapshot views and portraits in British India, including at Bhopal, Karachi, Simla and in the Persian Gulf. Elements: 1 ‘Bhopal: Regatta’ 2 ‘Bhopal: The Yacht Club’ 3 ‘Bhopal: “Sultana”’ 4 ‘Bhopal: “...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1916-19
Extent:
48 b&w silver gelatin prints bound into a brown, cloth-covered photograph album