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WD3533-3536
- Record Id:
- 040-003281214
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003281212
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023807154.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100025642680.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- WD3533-3536
- Title:
- Drawings of the coast around Aden and along the Red Sea made during Elwon’s survey to establish the best course for steamers travelling to and from Suez by Thomas Elwon (1793/4-1835)
- Scope & Content:
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Genre/Subject Matter:
A series of coastal profiles in pencil, mostly incomplete, record the survey of the Red Sea undertaken by Captain Thomas Elwon of the Benares that took place between 1829-1834 to establish the best course for steamers to and from Suez.
Taken from a sketch book inscribed on the first page ‘Capt Elwon’, these topographical views likely record the southern section of the coastline from Jeddah to Bab-el-Mandeb.
While many are incomplete or damaged, WD3535 and WD3536 are fully worked watercolour drawings.
Inscriptions:
Inscribed in pencil and pen throughout.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Project / Collection:
- Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003281212
040-003281214 - Is part of:
- WD3528-3536 : ELWON, THOMAS (1793/4-1835) Bombay Marine. Midshipman 1810; Captain 1832. Commanded the ‘Benares’ which, along with the…
WD3533-3536 : Drawings of the coast around Aden and along the Red Sea made during Elwon’s survey to establish the best course for steamers… - Contains:
- WD3533 : View of Hodedda [Al Hodeida] and a fort by Thomas Elwon (1793/4–1835)
WD3534 : View of a coastal town by Thomas Elwon (1793/4–1835)
WD3535 : Two views of the coast of Babelmandel Cape [Ras Bab-el-Mandeb] by Thomas Elwon (1793/4–1835)
WD3536 : Three views of the coastal towns of Hodeida, Loheia and El Cassar by Thomas Elwon (1793/4–1835)
Click here to View / search full list of parts of WD3533-3536 - Hierarchy:
- 032-003281212[0002]/040-003281214
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: WD3528-3536
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 9 topographical views on four sheets of paper
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100023807154.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1829
- End Date:
- 1834
- Date Range:
- 1829-1834
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions:
Variable.
Materials:
Pencil on paper and watercolour and pen on paper.
Condition:
Many are damaged sheets; all have been stabilised through conservation.
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)