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Photo 355/1(39)
- Record Id:
- 041-003063730
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003063690
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023299004.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023618815.0x00000c
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 355/1(39)
- Title:
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'Old Portuguese Fort, Bahrein'
- Scope & Content:
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Genre/Subject Matter:
View of the Old Portuguese Fort or Qal'at al-Bahrain, location of the ancient capital of the Dilmun civilization. The fortified structure along the horizon is at the top of a tel.
In the middle-ground, immediately in front of the fort, a large number reed or palm frond structures as well as several crumbling stone-built structures can be seen. Figures and animals are visible amongst the structures.
A stony plain makes up the foreground where some figures are blurred. Along the upper walls of the structure along the horizon to the left a number of figures stand.
Inscriptions:
Upper right, in pencil alongside image: 'c', '39'
Below image, in pen: 'Old Portuguese Fort, Bahrein'
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Project / Collection:
- Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003063690
040-003063691
041-003063730 - Is part of:
- Photo 355 : Sir James Robert Dunlop Smith Collection: Photographs relating to the life and career in India of Sir James Robert Dunlop Smith.
Photo 355/1 : Dunlop Smith Collection: Sir Charles Aitchison Album of Views in India and Burma
Photo 355/1(39) : Old Portuguese Fort, Bahrein - Hierarchy:
- 032-003063690[0001]/040-003063691[0039]/041-003063730
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Photo 355
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 b&w albumen print
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100023299004.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
-
_0001.jp2/full/,150/0/default.jpg "Images for this item")
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1869
- End Date:
- 1871
- Date Range:
- c. 1870
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
-
Dimensions:
127 x 208 mm
Format:
Albumen print on paper
Condition:
The print is in good condition with staining and light creasing in the sky area in the upper left and right corners and minor surface dirt throughout. Inscriptions on the verso are faintly visible on the recto.
Foliation:
‘c’ (crossed out); ‘39’
Process:
Albumen print
- Information About Originals:
- Second copy neg at B.20232
- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)