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WD3483
- Record Id:
- 040-003281717
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003281705
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023332068.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023646452.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- WD3483
- Title:
- Houses at the foot of mountains, probably Aden
- Scope & Content:
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Genre/Subject Matter:
View of several colonial buildings at the foot of mountains, probably at Aden. This unfinished pencil sketch may depict Haines’ first residence in Crater.
A cross or flagstaff on the lowest peak at upper centre may provide additional clues as to its location.
Inscriptions:
Verso, in pencil, upper left: ‘WD3483’
Temporal Context:
This sketch was probably made between January 1839, when Stafford Bettesworth Haines seized Aden, and 1854, when he was recalled to Bombay to face embezzlement and fraud charges, during which time Haines administered Aden.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Project / Collection:
- Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003281705
040-003281717 - Is part of:
- WD3472-3527 : Fifty-six drawings of landscapes, figures, animals and ships, mostly Aden, many by Stafford Bettesworth Haines (1802-60)
WD3483 : Houses at the foot of mountains, probably Aden - Hierarchy:
- 032-003281705[0012]/040-003281717
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: WD3472-3527
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 pencil drawing on paper
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100023332068.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1839
- End Date:
- 1854
- Date Range:
- 1839-54
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions:
302 x 453 mm
Materials:
Pencil on paper
Condition:
Heavy surface dirt coats the recto and verso, especially at edges. The paper is heavily cracked and torn at all edges, but has been stabilised by conservators.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)