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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(14)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 496/6(14)
Title:
Bunder Abbas. Photographer: Rev. Edwin Aubrey Storrs-Fox
Scope & Content:
View in Bundar Abbas [Bandar Abbas]. At left a group of men and boys stand alongside a high stone or brick wall, looking towards the camera. In the centre background a further three figures, one holding a paraso,l stand. At right a woman and person carrying a vessel on their head walk away from ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1917
Extent:
1 b&w silver gelatin print

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. Photo 496/6(39)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 496/6(39)
Title:
Mohammerah: Karun River. Photographer: Rev. Edwin Aubrey Storrs-Fox
Scope & Content:
View at Mohammerah [Khorramshahr] on the banks of the Karun river. The shoreline extends from lower right to centre left. Several small canoes are pulled up along the shore, while larger boats lie at anchor left of centre, with another dhow under sail on the right. Along the distant horizon the ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1917
Extent:
1 b&w silver gelatin print

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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