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1. Photo 49/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 49/1
Title:
Dane Collection: 'Photographs of Lord Curzon's tour in the Persian Gulf, November, 1903'.
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: The album contains topographical views and photographs recording the tour of the Persian Gulf by the Viceroy of India, Lord Curzon, undertaken to uphold British interests in the region. The prints are firmly mounted on embrittled card pages, which are disintegrating at the...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1903
Extent:
25 b/w silver gelatin prints, bound into a green, cloth album

2. Photo 49/1(24)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 49/1(24)
Title:
'Bushire Coast Line.' Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter View of Bushire. The shoreline extends from right to distant left, lined with two-storey buildings. A particularly ornate balcony is visible at far right. In the distant background at left a dhow can be seen Inscriptions Ink, below image: 'Bushire Coast Line.' Pencil,...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2-3 Dec 1903
Extent:
1 b&w silver gelatin print

3. Photo 49/1(24)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 49/1(24)
Title:
'Bushire Coast Line.' Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter View of Bushire. The shoreline extends from right to distant left, lined with two-storey buildings. A particularly ornate balcony is visible at far right. In the distant background at left a dhow can be seen Inscriptions Ink, below image: 'Bushire Coast Line.' Pencil,...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2-3 Dec 1903
Extent:
1 b&w silver gelatin print

4. Photo 49/1(18)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 49/1(18)
Title:
'Artist at Work, Kishim [Qishm].' Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: Showing an unidentified European man wearing a pith helmet sketching in a notebook on a rocky hillside on the island of Kishim [Qishm], off the Persian coastline. Inscriptions: Ink, below image: 'Artist at Work, Kishim.' Pencil, lower right, alongside image: ‘18’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Nov 1903
Extent:
1 b&w silver gelatin print

5. Photo 49/1(18)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 49/1(18)
Title:
'Artist at Work, Kishim [Qishm].' Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: Showing an unidentified European man wearing a pith helmet sketching in a notebook on a rocky hillside on the island of Kishim [Qishm], off the Persian coastline. Inscriptions: Ink, below image: 'Artist at Work, Kishim.' Pencil, lower right, alongside image: ‘18’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Nov 1903
Extent:
1 b&w silver gelatin print

6. Photo 49/1(14)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 49/1(14)
Title:
'General View, Hormuz.' Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: View from the old fort on Hormuz Island (perhaps the Fort of Our Lady of the Conception, also known as the Portuguese Castle) towards a settlement, likely Hormuz itself. All the structures are low-lying stone buildings with wooden or reed roofs. Craggy hills rise in the ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Nov 1903
Extent:
1 b&w silver gelatin print

7. Photo 49/1(14)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 49/1(14)
Title:
'General View, Hormuz.' Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: View from the old fort on Hormuz Island (perhaps the Fort of Our Lady of the Conception, also known as the Portuguese Castle) towards a settlement, likely Hormuz itself. All the structures are low-lying stone buildings with wooden or reed roofs. Craggy hills rise in the ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Nov 1903
Extent:
1 b&w silver gelatin print

8. Photo 49/1(10)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 49/1(10)
Title:
'Khor-Kawi Passage, [Persian Gulf]' Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: View from on board ship, looking towards the Khor Kawi Passage [Khor Kuwai/Quwai Strait], between Goat island [Jazirat al Ghanam] and Telegraph island (which is part of the Musandam Peninsula). The wake of the steamer can be seen extending from the foreground into the di...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Nov 1903
Extent:
1 b&w silver gelatin print

9. Photo 49/1(10)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 49/1(10)
Title:
'Khor-Kawi Passage, [Persian Gulf]' Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: View from on board ship, looking towards the Khor Kawi Passage [Khor Kuwai/Quwai Strait], between Goat island [Jazirat al Ghanam] and Telegraph island (which is part of the Musandam Peninsula). The wake of the steamer can be seen extending from the foreground into the di...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Nov 1903
Extent:
1 b&w silver gelatin print

10. Photo 49/1(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 49/1(6)
Title:
'Lord Curzon going to Address Hall, Maskat.' Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: Street scene in Muscat in November 1903. Lord Curzon, in left foreground, wearing a pith helmet, walks to the Address Hall to make an official address. In the background, a banner reads ‘Welcome’. Gas lamps and flags, including a Union flag, are visible at left, while at r...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Nov 1903
Extent:
1 b&w silver gelatin print