'Panorama of British Residency and Sea front. 23. Feb. 1902'. Photographer: Arthur Alexander Crookshank

Photo 430/8/86

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The record is made up of 1 photographic print. It was created in 23 Feb 1902. 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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This panoramic view of the British Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. and sea-front at Bushire (Būshehr) consists of two small photographic prints pasted side by side, showing a series of buildings of uniform two-storeyed height receding into the distance along the sea-front from right to left.

In the right-hand image rose bushes appear to be growing in the expanse between the sea and the buildings. Behind them a lone donkey is tethered.

Although the clarity of the image is seriously compromised by fading, there appears to be a telegraph mast or flag pole along the right edge of the left-hand image, extending across to the right-hand image.

Some distant figures and a boat are visible along the shoreline.

Inscriptions

Lower right, in pencil, alongside image: ‘86’

Below image: ‘Panorama of British Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. and Sea front. 23. Feb. 1902’

Extent and format
1 photographic print
Physical characteristics

Dimensions:

71 x 185 mm (71 x 96 mm; 71 x 89 mm) [landscape]

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Materials:

Condition:

The right-hand image is heavily stained (likely originating in the printing process) with two scratch surface-losses near the left edge. and one longer scratch extending from the lower right corner.

The left-hand image exhibits minor abrasion all along the left edge of the image with two small surface losses at centre in the sky area.

While the left-hand image is considerably faded, the right hand image is darker due to staining.

Foliation:

'p. 14'; '86'

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Written in
English 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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Photo 430/8/86

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23 Feb 1902 (CE, Gregorian)

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'Panorama of British Residency and Sea front. 23. Feb. 1902'. Photographer: Arthur Alexander Crookshank, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, Photo 430/8/86, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023515398.0x000001> [accessed 29 March 2024]

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