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91. 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

92. Photo 496/6(12)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 496/6(12)
Title:
Mathra: Country Boat. Photographer: Rev. Edwin Aubrey Storrs-Fox
Scope & Content:
This image shows a group of men and boys standing and sitting on or behind a local boat known as a ‘shasha’, made from the central stalks of palm fronds (barusti) bundled together. Inscriptions: Lower left, below image, in pen: ‘Mathra.’ Lower right, below image, in pen: ‘Country Boat' Uppe...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1918
Extent:
1 b&w silver gelatin print

93. Photo 496/6(12)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 496/6(12)
Title:
Mathra: Country Boat. Photographer: Rev. Edwin Aubrey Storrs-Fox
Scope & Content:
This image shows a group of men and boys standing and sitting on or behind a local boat known as a ‘shasha’, made from the central stalks of palm fronds (barusti) bundled together. Inscriptions: Lower left, below image, in pen: ‘Mathra.’ Lower right, below image, in pen: ‘Country Boat' Uppe...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1918
Extent:
1 b&w silver gelatin print

94. 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

95. 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

96. 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

97. 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

98. Photo 496/6(11)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 496/6(11)
Title:
Mathra. Photographer: Rev. Edwin Aubrey Storrs-Fox
Scope & Content:
This image shows Mathra and part of the bay behind it. In the far distance at centre a settlement, perhaps Muscat itself, lines the shore. A fortified castle or tower can be seen on the near side of the bay, atop a steep rocky hill. Rocky outcrops descend from left and right to centre of the i...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1918
Extent:
1 b&w silver gelatin print

99. Photo 496/6(11)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 496/6(11)
Title:
Mathra. Photographer: Rev. Edwin Aubrey Storrs-Fox
Scope & Content:
This image shows Mathra and part of the bay behind it. In the far distance at centre a settlement, perhaps Muscat itself, lines the shore. A fortified castle or tower can be seen on the near side of the bay, atop a steep rocky hill. Rocky outcrops descend from left and right to centre of the i...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1918
Extent:
1 b&w silver gelatin print

100. 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