'General View, Hormuz.' Photographer: Unknown
Photo 49/1/14
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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 from the old fort on Hormuz Island (perhaps the Fort of Our Lady of the Conception, also known as the Portuguese Castle) towards a settlement, likely Hormuz itself. All the structures are low-lying stone buildings with wooden or reed roofs.
Craggy hills rise in the background at right and the shoreline curves away into the distance. A flagstaff left of centre may denote the presence of the British agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. . A dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. is anchored at far left and several figures can be seen along the shoreline at left.
This is the second (left-hand) image in a panoramic pair taken from the same position. The first is Photo 49/1/13.
Inscriptions:
Ink, below image: 'General View, Hormuz.’
Pencil, lower right, alongside image: ‘14’
Pencil, upper left, alongside image: ‘b’
- 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:
105 x 146 mm
Condition:
The print is in good condition, though the mounting paper is heavily foxed and crumbling.
Foliation:
‘14’
Process:
- Written in
- English in Latin script
- Type
- Photograph
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- Original held at
- British Library: Visual Arts
- Access conditions
Unrestricted
- Archive reference
- Photo 49/1/14
- Date(s)
- 22 Nov 1903 (CE, Gregorian)
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'General View, Hormuz.' Photographer: Unknown, British Library: Visual Arts, Photo 49/1/14, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100024111424.0x000010> [accessed 20 April 2024]
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- Photo 49/1/14
- Title
- 'General View, Hormuz.' Photographer: Unknown
- Pages
- 14r-b
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence