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Photo 430/75(6)
- Record Id:
- 041-003086070
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-003086064
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023494160.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023843221.0x000004
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 430/75(6)
- Title:
- 'Being carried to the launch from the Residency, Aden.' Photographer: unknown
- Scope & Content:
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Genre/Subject Matter:
View at Aden of Lady Mary Curzon being carried to the launch from the Residency in a type of sedan chair. Four servants carry the chair aloft across two poles at the centre of the image. A parasol, lined with black material and covered in white covers her head. Only the pale skirts and feather-topped hat of the Viceroy’s wife are visible.
In the background, along the top of a ridge and at left and right in the middle-ground, various structures are visible, probably warehouses and barracks.
Inscriptions:
Ink, above image at right: ‘Dec 26th 1898.’
Ink, below image: ‘Being carried to the launch from the Residency, Aden.’
Pencil, alongside image at right: ‘6’
Temporal context:
This and the photographs that accompany it were taken en route to India at the end of 1898 and during the first year of Lord Curzon’s position as Viceroy of India, 1899.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003082259
040-003086064
041-003086070 - Is part of:
- Photo 430 : Curzon Collection
Photo 430/75 : Curzon Collection: Curzon's first year as Viceroy
Photo 430/75(6) : 'Being carried to the launch from the Residency, Aden.' Photographer: unknown - Hierarchy:
- 032-003082259[0075]/040-003086064[0006]/041-003086070
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Photo 430
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 b&w albumen print
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100023494134.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1898
- End Date:
- 1898
- Date Range:
- 26 Dec 1898
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
-
Dimensions:
118 x 167 mm
Condition:
The image is buckled and foxed along with the card it is mounted upon. Black and rippling staining along the upper and lower edges probably originate in the printing process. Light surface dirt throughout.
Foliation:
'6'
Process:
Albumen, collodio-chloride and platinum printing out paper
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)