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WD37
- Record Id:
- 040-003287916
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003287897
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023807060.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100025656403.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- WD37
- Title:
- 'Gibel Tir', by Sir Henry Yule (1820-1899)
- Scope & Content:
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Genre/Subject Matter:
Maritime view in the Red Sea, at the northwest of the Bab el-Mandeb strait, of Gibel Tir [Jebel Al-Tair], meaning ‘bird mountain’.
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 right, pen and ink: ‘Gibel Tir’
Upper right, ink stamp: ‘70’
Verso:
Centre, ink stamp: ‘India Office Library 12 Dec 1919’
Upper left, pencil: ‘37’
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003287897
040-003287916 - 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…
WD37 : 'Gibel Tir', by Sir Henry Yule (1820-1899) - Hierarchy:
- 032-003287897[0019]/040-003287916
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: YULE, Sir HENRY (1820-1889)
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 watercolour, pencil and ink drawing on watercolour paper
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100023807060.0x000001
- 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:
140 x 226 mm
Materials:
Watercolour and pencil on watercolour paper
Condition:
Thick surface dirt throughout and on recto with staining originating from adhesive on upper edge.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)