'Our conveyance across the desert to Babylon' Photographer: Wilfrid Malleson [‎43v] (2/2)

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'Our conveyance across the desert to Babylon' Photographer: Wilfrid Malleson

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Ref: IOR/L/PS/20/C260, f 43 1

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'Mahmudiyeh, the first stage on the road to Babylon.' Photographer: Wilfrid Malleson

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Ref: IOR/L/PS/20/C260, f 43 2

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 1906. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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Photograph showing a horse-drawn carriage described as ‘our conveyance’ to Babylon. At left, four men stand before an archway in a low wall. The carriage at centre is drawn by four donkeys. A driver sits in the seat and another man stands at right alongside the carriage.

Inscriptions

Ink, below image: 'Our conveyance across the desert to Babylon'

Pencil, above image at right: ‘43’;’21’

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1 b&w silver gelatin The principal photographic process used for black and white photography from the 1870s. print

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98 x 143 mm

Condition:

The print is in good condition with minor surface dirt throughout.

Foliation:

‘43’

Written in

English in Latin script

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Reference: IOR/L/PS/20/C260, f 43 1
Title: 'Our conveyance across the desert to Babylon' Photographer: Wilfrid Malleson
Pages: 43r:43v
Author: Malleson, Sir Wilfrid
Usage terms: Public Domain

Reference: IOR/L/PS/20/C260, f 43 2
Title: 'Mahmudiyeh, the first stage on the road to Babylon.' Photographer: Wilfrid Malleson
Pages: 43r:43v
Author: Malleson, Sir Wilfrid
Usage terms: Public Domain

'Our conveyance across the desert to Babylon' Photographer: Wilfrid Malleson [‎43v] (2/2)

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