Album of tour of the Persian Gulf. Photographer: Rev. Edwin Aubrey Storrs-Fox
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- Album of tour of the Persian Gulf. Photographer: Rev. Edwin Aubrey Storrs-Fox
- Date:
- 1916/1918
- Description:
- Abstract: Genre/Subject Matter:The album contains landscape, maritime and architectural snapshot views of a tour in the Persian Gulf, including locations such as Mathra, Muscat, Bunder Abbas [Bandar Abbas], Linga [Lengeh], Bahrein [Bahrain], Bushire [Bushehr], Koweit [Kuwait], Mohammerah [Khorammshahr], Ahwaz [Ahvaz] and Basreh [Basra] as well as Karachi. Locations visited are indicated in a sketch map pasted to the inside front cover of the album.Elements:1 ‘Karachi: S. S. “Dumas” (Gulf Mail)’2 ‘Karachi: Arab Dhow’3 ‘Karachi: Arab Dhows’4 ‘Mathra Bay’5 ‘Muscat’6 ‘Sedab’7 ‘Muscat’8 ‘Muscat: Mathra Gate’9 ‘Muscat: From Mathra Road’10 ‘Riyam’11 ‘Mathra’12 ‘Mathra: Country Boat’13 ‘Bunder Abbas: “Englishman’s Hat” (Customs House)’14 ‘Bunder Abbas’15 ‘Linga: Boat Basin & Badghirs’16 ‘Linga’17 ‘Linga’18 ‘Linga’19 ‘Linga’20 ‘Linga’21 ‘Linga’22 ‘Linga’23 ‘Linga: Swahili Pearl Divers’24 ‘Linga: Swahili Pearl Divers’25 ‘Linga: “Birkehs”’26 ‘Linga’27 ‘Bahrein’28 ‘Bahrein’29 ‘Bahrein: The Tombs’30 ‘Bahrein: The Tombs’31 ‘Bahrein: The Tombs’32 ‘Bushire: Imamzada’34 ‘Bushire’34 ‘Koweit: Cargo Boats’35 Koweit: Customs House’36 ‘Koweit: Coffee Shop’37 ‘Koweit’38 ‘Koweit’39 ‘Mohammerah: Karun River’40 ‘Mohammerah’41 ‘Mohammerah: Shatt-el-Arab’42 ‘Mohammerah: A ‘Mahela”’43 ‘Ahwaz’44 ‘Ahwaz’45 ‘Ahwaz: Karun River’46 ‘Tembi River: Near Der-i-Kezineh’47 ‘Tembi River’48 ‘Maidan-i-Haftan’Distinctive Features:Each window mount is formed of a two-tone card and paper cut-out: the dark brown paper of the album is laid over a cream-coloured mounting card, which forms a c. 2-4 mm frame around each image.Inscriptions:Brief handwritten captions in English, including dates, accompany each print.In pencil a consecutive numbering system (1–48) is written alongside each image, usually near the lower right corner of the image.An alternative image sequence (a–b only, sequence repeats on each page) is indicated in pencil near the upper left corner of each image. This has been crossed out, also in pencil.Pagination – since crossed out – is indicated in the upper right or left corner of each page in pencil.Labels:A gold, stamped design appears in the lower right corner of the front cover of the album with a sun-like symbol and the words ‘PHOTO~ GRAPHS’Physical description: Dimensions:243 x 163 mmMaterials:Dark brown cloth, dark brown paper, cream-coloured card, silver gelatin prints, black ink and pencil.Condition:The album is in good condition except for minor surface dirt throughout. Several images are buckling and rising out of their mounts due to incorrect. Red ink has transferred from the sketch map on the inside front cover to the cream-coloured mounting card surrounding the first image (Photo 496/6/1).Foliation:‘a–b’; ‘1–48’; ‘1–24’Process:Silver gelatin print
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Photograph
- Type (Narrower):
- Photographs
- Type (Broader):
- Image
- Geographic region:
- كراتشي
مطرح
سداب
بندر عباس
مسقط
بوشهر
المحمرة
الكويت - Rights:
- المُلكية العامة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100022635324.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100022635324.0x000001_en
Photo 496/6
Photo 496/6