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1. Photo 496/6

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 496/6
Title:
Album of tour of the Persian Gulf. Photographer: Rev. Edwin Aubrey Storrs-Fox
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: The album contains landscape, maritime and architectural snapshot views of a tour in the Persian Gulf, including locations such as Mathra, Muscat, Bunder Abbas [Bandar Abbas], Linga [Lengeh], Bahrein [Bahrain], Bushire [Bushehr], Koweit [Kuwait], Mohammerah [Khorammshahr],...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1916-18
Extent:
48 b&w silver gelatin prints bound into a brown, cloth-covered photograph album

2. Photo 496/6(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 496/6(1)
Title:
Karachi: S. S. Dumra (Gulf Mail). Photographer: Rev. Edwin Aubrey Storrs-Fox
Scope & Content:
This scene, likely taken from on board ship, shows the steamship Dumra, which carried mail to and from the Persian Gulf. Although a port is not visible, it is likely that the steam ship is at anchor, since there are at least five other, smaller vessels alongside her. A vertical rope and knot a...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1917
Extent:
1 b&w silver gelatin print

3. Photo 496/6(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 496/6(2)
Title:
Karachi: Arab Dhow. Photographer: Rev. Edwin Aubrey Storrs-Fox
Scope & Content:
This scene, likely taken from on board ship, shows a dhow with two-lateen sail rigs at anchor at Karachi. At least three figures can be seen attending to the aft yard, while the lateen is draped over the starboard side of the boat. The forward sail is stowed and bundled tight to its yard. Da...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1916
Extent:
1 b&w silver gelatin print

4. Photo 496/6(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 496/6(3)
Title:
Karachi: Arab Dhows. Photographer: Rev. Edwin Aubrey Storrs-Fox
Scope & Content:
This scene, likely taken from on board ship, shows five dhows with two-lateen sail rigs at anchor at Karachi. The dhow nearest to the camera has both of its sails stowed. A rope ladder hangs over the starboard beam end. The anchor chain can be seen afore the bow of the vessel. In the distanc...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1916
Extent:
1 b&w silver gelatin print

5. Photo 496/6(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 496/6(4)
Title:
Mathra Bay. Photographer: Rev. Edwin Aubrey Storrs-Fox
Scope & Content:
This scene, taken from on board ship, shows the coastline at Mathra Bay, Muscat. Two high outcrops of rock can be seen in the centre of the image; a fortified structure stands on the highest point on the left outcrop. Immediately below this, just below the horizon line, a small flat-bottomed b...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1918
Extent:
1 b&w silver gelatin print

6. Photo 496/6(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 496/6(5)
Title:
Muscat. Photographer: Rev. Edwin Aubrey Storrs-Fox
Scope & Content:
View of the harbour at Muscat, with Fort Al-Mirani in the background. The photograph was likely taken from near Fort Al-Jalali. Rocky ridges rise behind the fort on the horizon to the right of the fort, while to the left more built structures curve around the bay. Compare, for instance, the si...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1918
Extent:
1 b&w silver gelatin print

7. Photo 496/6(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 496/6(6)
Title:
Sedab. Photographer: Rev. Edwin Aubrey Storrs-Fox
Scope & Content:
This scene shows the landscape of Sedab from the sea. The photograph was likely taken from on board ship. Rocky mountains rise in the background. A settlement occupies the thin strip of land along the shoreline from left to right of centre along the horizon line, where palm trees can be seen. ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1918
Extent:
1 b&w silver gelatin print

8. 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

9. Photo 496/6(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 496/6(8)
Title:
Muscat: Mathra Gate. Photographer: Rev. Edwin Aubrey Storrs-Fox
Scope & Content:
This image shows a section of the ramparts around Muscat and the Mathra Gate (immediately left of centre). Three men can be seen at centre walking towards the pointed arch of the gate, carrying round vessels on their shoulders. In the background on the right and in the background at centre, fu...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1918
Extent:
1 b&w silver gelatin print

10. Photo 496/6(9)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 496/6(9)
Title:
Muscat: from Mathra Road. Photographer: Rev. Edwin Aubrey Storrs-Fox
Scope & Content:
This image shows Muscat from the Mathra road, west or southwest of the town. In the background, at left, the towers of Al-Mirani fort rise in front of the sea beyond. Rocky outcrops rise from centre foreground and background to right of the image, while at centre the whitewashed buildings of...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1918
Extent:
1 b&w silver gelatin print