'Exterior of Fort, Hormuz, showing mouldering walls.' Photographer: Unknown
Photo 49/1/12
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The record is made up of 1 b&w silver gelatin The principal photographic process used for black and white photography from the 1870s. print. It was created in 22 Nov 1903. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: Visual Arts.
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Genre/Subject Matter:
View of the walls of a fort on Hormuz Island, perhaps the Fort of Our Lady of the Conception, also known as the Portuguese Castle, the construction of which was completed by the Portuguese after conquering the island in 1515.
Two men stand in front of the crumbling walls, one immediately right of centre and one at far right, perhaps for the purpose of providing a scale.
Inscriptions:
Ink, below image: 'Exterior of Fort, Hormuz, showing mouldering walls.'
- Extent and format
- 1 b&w silver gelatin The principal photographic process used for black and white photography from the 1870s. print
- It is part of
- 67 imagesRef: Photo 49/1
- Physical characteristics
Dimensions:
145 x 200 mm
Condition:
The print is in good condition, though the mounting paper is heavily foxed and crumbling
Foliation:
‘12’
Process:
- Written in
- English in Latin script
- Type
- Photograph
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- British Library: Visual Arts
- Access conditions
Unrestricted
- Archive reference
- Photo 49/1/12
- Date(s)
- 22 Nov 1903 (CE, Gregorian)
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'Exterior of Fort, Hormuz, showing mouldering walls.' Photographer: Unknown, British Library: Visual Arts, Photo 49/1/12, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100024111424.0x000012> [accessed 18 April 2024]
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- Photo 49/1/12
- Title
- 'Exterior of Fort, Hormuz, showing mouldering walls.' Photographer: Unknown
- Pages
- 13r
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence