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WD34
- Record Id:
- 040-003287913
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003287897
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023807006.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100025642703.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- WD34
- Title:
- 'The main pass, Aden.' By Sir Henry Yule (1820-1899)
- Scope & Content:
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Genre/Subject Matter:
View, looking south, of a mountainous landscape through the Main Pass at Aden, the main route into Crater, towards a hill riddled with caves, one of which is likely to be the cave reputed to hold the tomb of Abel.
A steep slope or series of steps leads towards the pass at centre. Two figures look away from the viewer in the foreground. At left several camels are being led away from the pass. Several houses are evident at left, as well as fortifications at right.
Temporal context:
This drawing was likely made during Henry Yule’s return journey to India with his new wife, Anna Maria White, in 1844.
Inscriptions:
Recto:
Lower left, pen and ink: ‘The Main Paſs at Aden Jany 1844’
Upper right, ink stamp: ‘20’
Verso:
Centre, ink stamp: ‘India Office Library 12 Dec 1919’
Upper right, pencil: ‘34’
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003287897
040-003287913 - Is part of:
- YULE, Sir HENRY (1820-1889) : YULE, Sir HENRY (1820-1889) Yule served in India with the Bengal Engineers from 1840 to 1862. He was first posted to…
WD34 : 'The main pass, Aden.' By Sir Henry Yule (1820-1899) - Hierarchy:
- 032-003287897[0016]/040-003287913
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: YULE, Sir HENRY (1820-1889)
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 pen and ink and wash drawing on watercolour paper
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100023807006.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1844
- End Date:
- 1844
- Date Range:
- Jan 1844
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions:
346 x 247 mm
Materials:
Pen, ink and wash on watercolour paper
Condition:
Thick surface dirt throughout, especially at left and on recto with staining originating from adhesive on left edge. Upper right corner is lost.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)