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Photo 49/1
- Record Id:
- 040-003042944
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003042943
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023282009.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100024008034.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 49/1
- Title:
- Dane Collection: 'Photographs of Lord Curzon's tour in the Persian Gulf, November, 1903'.
- Scope & Content:
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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 edges. Each print is captioned in ink and dates from 1903.
The album is one of two forming the ‘Dane Collection’, which was presented in 1946 by Miss Dane, daughter of Sir Louis William Dane (1856–1946), Foreign Secretary to the Government of India at the time of Curzon’s tour. The front endpaper bears the signature ‘Louis Dane’ and a title page elaborately inscribed as above.
There is a strong likelihood that the photographs in the album were taken by Raja Deen Dayal & Sons (Lala Deen Dayal), since John Lorimer (1870–1914) cites him as photographer of Photo 49/1/20, reproduced in his 1908 Gazeteer of the Persian Gulf, Oman and Central Arabia, a work which drew on information gathered during Curzon’s 1903 tour. Deen Dayal had been appointed as the official photographer to the Viceroy of India in 1885.
Elements:
1) Lord and Lady Curzon and staff on the tour [of the Persian Gulf]
2) R.I.M.S. Hardinge accompanying ships of the Royal East Indian Squadron
3) General view from R.I.M.S. Hardinge, Maskat.
4) General view showing Inlet and Fort, Maskat.
5) End of Hill showing Fort on Left, Maskat.
6) Lord Curzon going to Address Hall, Maskat.
7) Durbar on board R.I.M.S. Argonaut, Shergah.
8) General view from R.I.M.S. Hardinge, Lingah.
9) Falk-al-asad Inlet, Persian Gulf.
10) Khor-Kawi Passage [Persian Gulf].
11) Panoramic View of Hills, Elphinstone Inlet [Persian Gulf].
12) Exterior of Fort, Hormuz, showing mouldering walls.
13) View from Old Fort, Hormuz.
14) General View, Hormuz.
15) Distant View of Hormuz.
16) Landing at foot of Salt Hills [Hormuz].
17) Salt Rocks and River [Hormuz].
18) Artist at Work, Kishim.
19) Bodyguard of Mailed Sowars, Koweit.
20) Camel Guard-of-Honour, Koweit.
21) The Shaikh waiting, Koweit.
22) Landing at Koweit.
23) A Few Words of Welcome, Koweit.
24) Bushire Coast Line.
25) Lord Curzon and Staff on R.I.M.S. Lawrence.
Inscriptions
Throughout the album captions and title page are hand-lettered in black ink. Further notations in pencil have been added later by cataloguers and album owner alike.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003042943
040-003042944 - Is part of:
- Photo 49 : Sir Louis William Dane Collection: Photographs relating to Lord Curzon's tour of the Persian Gulf, with miscellaneous portraits.
Photo 49/1 : Dane Collection: 'Photographs of Lord Curzon's tour in the Persian Gulf, November, 1903'. - Contains:
- Photo 49/1(1) : 'Lord and Lady Curzon and Staff on the Tour [of the Persian Gulf].' Photographer: Unknown
Photo 49/1(2) : 'R.I.M.S. Hardinge accompanying Ships of the Royal East Indian Squadron.' Photographer: Unknown
Photo 49/1(3) : 'General View from R.I.M.S. Hardinge, Maskat.' Photographer: Unknown
Photo 49/1(4) : 'General View showing Inlet and Fort, Maskat.' Photographer: Unknown
Photo 49/1(5) : 'End of Hill, showing Fort on Left, Maskat.' Photographer: Unknown
Photo 49/1(6) : 'Lord Curzon going to Address Hall, Maskat.' Photographer: Unknown
Photo 49/1(7) : 'Durbar on board R.I.M.S. Argonaut, Shergah.' Photographer: Unknown
Photo 49/1(8) : 'General View from R.I.M.S. Hardinge, Lingah.' Photographer: Unknown
Photo 49/1(9) : 'Falk-al-asad Inlet, Persian Gulf.' Photographer: Unknown
Photo 49/1(10) : 'Khor-Kawi Passage, [Persian Gulf]' Photographer: Unknown
Photo 49/1(11) : 'Panoramic View of Hills, Elphinstone Inlet. [Persian Gulf]' Photographer: Unknown
Photo 49/1(12) : 'Exterior of Fort, Hormuz, showing mouldering walls.' Photographer: Unknown
Photo 49/1(13) : 'View from Old Fort, Hormuz.' Photographer: Unknown
Photo 49/1(14) : 'General View, Hormuz.' Photographer: Unknown
Photo 49/1(15) : 'Distant View of Hormuz.' Photographer: Unknown
Photo 49/1(16) : 'Landing at foot of Salt Hills [Qishm].' Photographer: Unknown
Photo 49/1(17) : 'Salt Rocks and River [Qishm].' Photographer: Unknown
Photo 49/1(18) : 'Artist at Work, Kishim [Qishm].' Photographer: Unknown
Photo 49/1(19) : 'Bodyguard of Mailed Sowars, Koweit.' Photographer: Unknown
Photo 49/1(20) : 'Camel Guard-of-Honour, Koweit.' Photographer: Raja Deen Dayal & Sons
Photo 49/1(21) : 'The Shaikh waiting, Koweit.' Photographer: Unknown
Photo 49/1(22) : 'Landing at Koweit.' Photographer: Unknown
Photo 49/1(23) : 'A Few Words of Welcome, Koweit.' Photographer: Unknown
Photo 49/1(24) : 'Bushire Coast Line.' Photographer: Unknown
Photo 49/1(25) : Lord Curzon and Staff on R.I.M.S. Lawrence.' Photographer: Unknown
Click here to View / search full list of parts of Photo 49/1 - Hierarchy:
- 032-003042943[0001]/040-003042944
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Photo 49
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 25 b/w silver gelatin prints, bound into a green, cloth album
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100023282009.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1903
- End Date:
- 1903
- Date Range:
- Nov 1903
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions:
Album (old cover): 318 x 425 x 37 mm
Format:
Green cloth album containing twenty-five silver gelatin photographic prints pasted into volume.
Materials:
Paper, black ink, silver gelatin prints.
Condition:
The images have been disbound and placed inside clear plastic. Each page is heavily foxed and brittle, however, the photographs are in fine condition.
Foliation:
The images have been numbered 1–25 alongside each image in pencil.
Process:
Silver gelatin prints
Binding:
The album is bound in green cloth, which is heavily scuffed along the spine, particularly at the upper spine. The binding also features linen joints and hand-stitching.
- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)