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WD3535
- Record Id:
- 041-002891246
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003281212
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023936910.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100025656138.0x000003
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- WD3535
- Title:
- Two views of the coast of Babelmandel Cape [Ras Bab-el-Mandeb] by Thomas Elwon (1793/4–1835)
- Scope & Content:
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Genre/Subject Matter:
These two sequential topographical views of Babelmandel Cape [Ras Bab-el-Mandeb], sketched from on board ship.
The area shown is a fully worked view based on the sketches found in WD3528 and show the following features of the coastline, from left to right: Fisher’s or Pilot’s Island [Fisherman’s Rock or Pilot’s Rock / Shaykh Malu Island]; Babelmandel Cape [Ras Bab el Mandeb]; Babelmandel Quoin [a wedge-shaped point on Ras Bab el Mandeb]; Coast of Babelmandel [Ras Bab-el-Mandeb].
Inscriptions:
Recto:
From left to right, below image, in pen: ‘Fisher’s or Pilot’s Island’; ‘Babelmandel Cape’; ‘Babelmandel Quoin’; ‘Coast of Babelmandel’.
Far right and lower left, in pen: ‘a’
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Project / Collection:
- Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003281212
040-003281214
041-002891246 - 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…
WD3535 : Two views of the coast of Babelmandel Cape [Ras Bab-el-Mandeb] by Thomas Elwon (1793/4–1835) - Hierarchy:
- 032-003281212[0002]/040-003281214[0003]/041-002891246
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: WD3528-3536
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
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2 sequential, topographical, watercolour views on 1 sheet of paper
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100025656138.0x000003
- Thumbnail:
-
- 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:
148 x 530 mm
Materials:
Watercolour and pen on paper
Condition:
Surface dirt coats the recto and verso, particularly at left edge where staining is also visible.. The paper is extensively cracked along right-hand fold and left-hand edge, however, repair work has stabilised the sheet.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)