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Mss Eur G45/10, f 102
- Record Id:
- 041-002480729
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002297492
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100001258419.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023515409.0x000001
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur G45/10, f 102
- Title:
- ‘Aden 11. June going out of Harbour’ and ‘Trajan’s Bridge on the Danube. 16 June 1856’. Artist: Augustus Fortunatus Bellasis
- Scope & Content:
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Genre/Subject matter
Two pencil sketches on paper.
The sketch on recto, sketched from on board ship, shows a landscape scene looking inland from the harbour at Aden. The range of hills or mountains in the background probably indicate Jebel Shamsan, or the Shamsan Range, often referred to as ‘Shum Shum’ or ‘Sham Sham’. A number of buildings have been indicated along the shoreline.
The sketch on verso depicts a scene on the Danube, looking out across the river from an elevated position. A steamer can be seen in the lower centre foreground. Low hills can be seen in the background.
The title indicates that the sketch was made at the site of Trajan’s Bridge, a Roman segmental arch bridge, constructed in 103–5 AD, that spanned the lower Danube between the shores of modern-day Romania and Serbia. Although the bridge was dismantled within two centuries of its construction, the entrance pillars on either shoreline were still visible and are indicated here along the left hand edge and immediately right of the centre of the image.
Inscriptions
Recto, in pencil:
Upper right corner: ‘Aden 11. June going out of Harbour’
Lower left corner: ‘101’
Verso, in pencil:
Upper right corner: ‘Trajan’s Bridge on the Danube. 16 June 1856’
Upper centre: ‘317 1’
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Private Papers
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002297492
040-002297502
041-002480729 - Is part of:
- Mss Eur G45 : Papers of Augustus Fortunatus Bellasis, Bombay Civil Service 1842-72
Mss Eur G45/10 : ‘My Scrap Book volume V’. Artist: Augustus Fortunatus Bellasis (1822–1872)
Mss Eur G45/10, f 102 : ‘Aden 11. June going out of Harbour’ and ‘Trajan’s Bridge on the Danube. 16 June 1856’. Artist: Augustus… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002297492[0010]/040-002297502[0001]/041-002480729
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Mss Eur G45
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
-
2 pencil drawings on one sheet of paper, pasted into volume
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000001260.0x0002ed
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1855
- End Date:
- 1856
- Date Range:
- 1855-1856
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions:
Album: 114 x 175 mm
Format:
Two pencil sketches on paper
Condition:
There is extensive foxing on the left hand side of the image on recto as well as spot foxing throughout. On verso surface residue is evident as well as low-level spot-foxing throughout and in the right of the image in particular.
Foliation:
Recto: ‘101’ [sic]
Verso: ‘317 1’
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)