'The Ashar Creek Basra.' Photographer: Wilfrid Malleson
IOR/L/PS/20/C260, f 28 1
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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 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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Genre/Subject Matter:
View of the Ashar Creek at Basra. Four canoes carrying people and several moored sailing boats dominate the scene at centre and right. Three men use poles to propel the canoe in the middle-ground. Palms and other vegetation make up the scene on the left and background.
Inscriptions:
Ink, below image: 'The Ashar Creek Basra.'
Pencil, above image, at right: ‘28’
- 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
- 106 imagesRef: IOR/L/PS/20/C260
- Physical characteristics
Dimensions:
138 x 190 mm
Condition:
The print is in good condition throughout with minor toning/fading at all edges
Foliation:
‘28’
- Written in
- English in Latin script
- Type
- Photograph
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- Original held at
- 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
- Archive reference
- IOR/L/PS/20/C260, f 28 1
- Date(s)
- 1906 (CE, Gregorian)
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- Basra
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- IOR/L/PS/20/C260, f 28 1
- Title
- 'The Ashar Creek Basra.' Photographer: Wilfrid Malleson
- Pages
- 28r:28v
- Author
- Malleson, Sir Wilfrid
- Usage terms
- Public Domain