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Photo 430/8(83)
- Record Id:
- 041-003082851
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-003082768
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100020616131.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023515398.0x000004
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 430/8(83)
- Title:
- '[Bushire] The Town looking South from Gray. Paul's Office. 23. Feb. 1902'. Photographer: Arthur Alexander Crookshank
- Scope & Content:
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Genre/Subject Matter
This view of Bushire (Bushehr), from an elevated position looking south, is taken from the roof of the offices of Gray, Paul and Co. (sister firm to Gray, MacKenzie and Company), a company that acted as shipping agent for British India steamers between India and Europe, via the Gulf ports.
A number of buildings are seen in the photograph, though relative degradation of the image obscures much of the background and horizon area. A building under construction extends from the lower left of the image to the centre. Immediately behind this, the terrace of a flat-roofed building is fenced off. Next to the building under construction, and immediately below the centre of the image, bricks can be seen stacked high against the wall of an adjacent building.
In the far right of the image, towards the horizon, a domed roof can clearly be seen amongst the flat-roofed buildings. Although the dome is windowless, a smaller dome with openings to allow light to filter through sits atop it. This is possibly a bath house.
Inscriptions
Lower right, in pencil, alongside image: ‘83’
Below image: ‘The Town looking South from Gray. Paul's Office. 23. Feb. 1902’
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003082259
040-003082768
041-003082851 - Is part of:
- Photo 430 : Curzon Collection
Photo 430/8 : 'South Persia'. Photographer: Lt. A. A. Crookshank (Curzon Collection)
Photo 430/8(83) : '[Bushire] The Town looking South from Gray. Paul's Office. 23. Feb. 1902'. Photographer: Arthur Alexander Crookshank - Hierarchy:
- 032-003082259[0008]/040-003082768[0083]/041-003082851
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Photo 430
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 b&w photographic print
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100008391121.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1902
- End Date:
- 1902
- Date Range:
- 23 Feb 1902
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions:
109 x 155 mm
Format:
Materials:
Condition:
The image is considerably faded throughout, with surface losses along the upper edge.
Foliation:
'83'
Process:
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)