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Photo 430/75(19)
- Record Id:
- 041-003086083
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-003086064
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023494182.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023843221.0x000001
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 430/75(19)
- Title:
-
'Irene.' Photographer: unknown
- Scope & Content:
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Genre/Subject Matter:
Informal photograph of children on board the Arabia en route to Bombay. Mary Irene Curzon, the eldest daughter of Lord and Lady Curzon, is at centre in a white bonnet and dress, looking towards the camera. With her a further three children stand, sit and lie nearby. A woman in white kneels at left, facing away from the camera.
In the background a man and woman sit nearby one another on deck chairs. Two men walk along the deck at left away from the camera. At left a woman and man stand (partially cropped out of photograph).
This is the second of two, nearly identical photographs taken from the same angle. The first is at Photo 430/75/18.
Inscriptions:
Ink, below image: ‘Irene.’
Pencil, alongside image at right: ‘19’
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
041-003086083 - Is part of:
- Photo 430 : Curzon Collection
Photo 430/75 : Curzon Collection: Curzon's first year as Viceroy
Photo 430/75(19) : 'Irene.' Photographer: unknown - Hierarchy:
- 032-003082259[0075]/040-003086064[0019]/041-003086083
- 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:
- 25 Dec 1898
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
-
Dimensions:
92 x 118 mm
Condition:
The image is buckled along with the card it is mounted upon. Several creases and scratches have been stabilised. Slight underexposure or toning have affected the quality of the print. Light surface dirt throughout.
Foliation:
'19'
Process:
Albumen, collodio-chloride and platinum printing out paper
- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)