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Photo 355/1(44)
- Record Id:
- 041-003063735
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003063690
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023299013.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023618815.0x000007
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 355/1(44)
- Title:
-
'Town of Muscat from inland plain.'
- Scope & Content:
-
Genre/Subject Matter:
View looking north-east over the town towards the harbour. The fortified city wall is visible in the middle-ground. In the background overlooking the harbour, Fort Capitano (Fort Al-Mirani) to the left and and Fort Jellalee (Fort Al-Jalali) to the right.
The middle- and foreground is made up of various low-lying stone-built and palm-frond structures while inside the city walls the structures are several-storeyed and stone-built with some evidently white-washed.
Rocky hills rise from the centre to the left of the image.
Inscriptions:
Lower right, in pencil alongside image: '44'
Lower left, in pencil alongside image: 'b'
Below image, in pen: 'Town of Muscat from inland plain.'
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Project / Collection:
- Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003063690
040-003063691
041-003063735 - 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(44) : Town of Muscat from inland plain. - Hierarchy:
- 032-003063690[0001]/040-003063691[0044]/041-003063735
- 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_100023299013.0x000001
- 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:
141 x 200 mm
Format:
Albumen print on paper
Condition:
The print is in good condition with staining and creasing in the sky area in the upper right and left corners and minor surface dirt throughout.
Foliation:
‘b’ (crossed out); ‘44’
Process:
Albumen print
- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)