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Photo 49/1(7)
- Record Id:
- 041-003042951
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003042943
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023457072.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100024111424.0x000017
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 49/1(7)
- Title:
- 'Durbar on board R.I.M.S. Argonaut, Shergah.' Photographer: Unknown
- Scope & Content:
-
Genre/Subject Matter:
View of the durbar held on board R.I.M.S. Argonaut, while the vessel was anchored off Sharajah. Lord Curzon and his staff are seated on a raised platform at the end of the deck, before an audience of European and Arab officials. The deck is covered with a canopy of flags, with ornate textiles covering almost every visible surface. The Shaikhs are seated at left and centre and face the dais.
An account of the durbar can be found in: John Gordon Lorimer, ‘Appendix P: Cruise of His Excellency Lord Curzon, Viceroy and Governor-General of India, in the Persian Gulf’ in Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf, 'Omān, and Central Arabia, Vol. I Historical Part II, (Calcutta: Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1915), pp. 2637–2639
Inscriptions:
Ink, below image: 'Durbar on board R.I.M.S. Argonaut, Shergah.'
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Project / Collection:
- Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003042943
040-003042944
041-003042951 - Is part of:
- Photo 49 : Sir Louis William Dane Collection: Photographs relating to Lord Curzon's tour of the Persian Gulf, with miscellaneous portraits.
Photo 49/1 : Dane Collection: 'Photographs of Lord Curzon's tour in the Persian Gulf, November, 1903'.
Photo 49/1(7) : 'Durbar on board R.I.M.S. Argonaut, Shergah.' Photographer: Unknown - Hierarchy:
- 032-003042943[0001]/040-003042944[0007]/041-003042951
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Photo 49
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 b&w silver gelatin print
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100023282009.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1903
- End Date:
- 1903
- Date Range:
- 21 Nov 1903
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
-
Dimensions:
204 x 284 mm
Condition:
The print is in good condition, though the mounting paper is heavily foxed and crumbling.
Foliation:
‘7’
Process:
Silver gelatin
- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)