'Pilger aus Zanzibar'. Photographer: Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje

1781.b.6/40

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The record is made up of 1 collotype print. It was created in 1888. It was written in German. 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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This full-length seated portrait shows two pilgrims from Zanzibar. They sit face forward: the man on the right looking towards the camera; the man on the left looking downwards.

The man on the right is dressed in a dark outer robe over a pale-coloured shirt and a patterned turban. He holds a long slender stick in his right hand. The man on the left wears a mid-coloured outer robe over a pale-coloured shirt and a printed turban.

The negative has had hand-work applied, causing it to take on a soft-shaded quality in places, in particular the original background has been substituted completely.

Inscriptions:

Printed above image, in ink:

XX

Printed beneath image, in ink:

‘Pilger aus Zanzibar.’

A circular 'British Museum' blind stamp is located in the lower left corner.

Extent and format
1 collotype print
Physical characteristics

Dimensions:

97 x 135 mm

Format:

1 collotype print

Condition:

The print is in good condition.

Foliation:

‘XX’

Written in
German in Latin script
Type
Photograph

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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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Unrestricted

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1781.b.6/40

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1888 (CE, Gregorian)

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'Pilger aus Zanzibar'. Photographer: Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, 1781.b.6/40, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023619120.0x000042> [accessed 5 December 2024]

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