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WD3110, f 63a
- Record Id:
- 041-002891724
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003283007
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100024010149.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100025700297.0x000002
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- WD3110, f 63a
- Title:
- ‘Aden. Port as seen on approach from Bombay' by Godfrey Thomas Vigne (1801–63)
- Scope & Content:
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Genre/Subject Matter:
This incomplete pencil sketch shows the harbour at Aden from on board ship. Jagged peaks – described as volcanic on the verso – line the horizon from left to right with two smaller spits of rock jutting into view at either side of the scene.
A three-master is indicated at anchor at left while a small row boat is just left of centre.
Inscriptions:
Recto:
Along lower edge, L to R, in pencil: ‘Aden’; ‘[illegible]’; ‘Jun 3rd 1839’; ‘Aden – port as seen on approach from Bombay’
Verso:
Along lower edge, in pen: ‘Aden on Arabian Coast. Red volcanic rocks – lately taken by E. I. Company troops’
Upper left, in pencil: ‘150’
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003283007
040-003283008
041-002891724 - Is part of:
- WD3110, ff.1-64, WD3111-3119 : VIGNE, GODFREY THOMAS (1801-1863) Born Walthamstow. Called to the Bar, Lincoln’s Inn 1824. Amateur artist…
WD3110 : Album of 154 drawings, most made in the Punjab hills, Kashmir, Baltistan and Afghanistan by Godfrey Thomas Vigne (1801-63)
WD3110, f 63a : ‘Aden. Port as seen on approach from Bombay' by Godfrey Thomas Vigne (1801–63) - Hierarchy:
- 032-003283007[0001]/040-003283008[0002]/041-002891724
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: WD3110, ff.1-64, WD3111-3119
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 pencil drawing on paper
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100025700297.0x000002
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1839
- End Date:
- 1839
- Date Range:
- 3 Jun 1839
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions:
165 x 222 mm
Materials:
Pencil and pen paper
Condition:
Thick surface dirt throughout, especially on recto
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)