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Photo 355/1(120)
- Record Id:
- 041-003063811
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003063690
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023299278.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023618815.0x000001
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 355/1(120)
- Title:
-
'Zanzibar'. Photographer: Sir John Kirk
- Scope & Content:
-
Genre/Subject Matter:
This panoramic view of the waterfront in Zanzibar is composed of five joined albumen prints. Taken from an elevated position, this view looks out onto the harbour, with the dhow fleet at anchor from centre to right of the image and several British naval vessels at left.
In the middle- and foreground to the right stone-built fortifications enclose an area occupied by palm-frond and wooden structures. At far right and far left flag-staffs may indicate the presence of British colonial buildings.
Immediately right of centre three cannon point out to sea from the quayside. Several flat-roofed buildings occupy the foreground at the centre of the image while at left of centre a large warehouse-like structure dominates the middle-ground. At far left stands a white-washed, crenellated building.
The image is captioned, dated and signed in pencil on the reverse of the leftmost image by Sir John Kirk, who was British Consul General in Zanzibar at this time.
Inscriptions:
Verso, in pencil: 'Zanzibar 1875 - J Kirk'
Below image, in pen: 'Zanzibar'
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Project / Collection:
- Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003063690
040-003063691
041-003063811 - 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(120) : 'Zanzibar'. Photographer: Sir John Kirk - Hierarchy:
- 032-003063690[0001]/040-003063691[0120]/041-003063811
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Photo 355
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 b&w panoramic image made up of 5 joined albumen prints
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100023299278.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
-
_0001.jp2/full/,150/0/default.jpg "Images for this item")
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1875
- End Date:
- 1875
- Date Range:
- 1875
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions:
126 x 985 mm
[R‒L: 126 x 204 mm; 126 x 191 mm; 126 x 176 mm; 126 x 201 mm; 126 x 204 mm]
Format:
Albumen print on paper, backed and jointed with linen
Condition:
The prints are in good condition with minor surface dirt throughout. The furthermost print on the right is stained heavily in the sky area, likely due to the influence of the paste underneath. The furthermost print to the left is severely creased, particularly at left. The print second from left is heavily toned in the left of the image. All other images are also creased, near or at the joints.
Foliation:
‘120’
Process:
Albumen print
- Information About Originals:
- Copy negs: B.24151-B.24154; and B.12346-B.12350
- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)