'A street in Bagdad.' Photographer: Wilfrid Malleson [‎39r] (1/2)

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'A street in Bagdad.' Photographer: Wilfrid Malleson

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Ref: IOR/L/PS/20/C260, f 39 1

This item is part of

'A street in Bagdad.' Photographer: Wilfrid Malleson

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Ref: IOR/L/PS/20/C260, f 39 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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Street view in Baghdad. Six children stand variously throughout the fore- and middle-ground, while a man stands at far right.

Buildings in this view are somewhat dilapidated, with plants growing from the roof at right.

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Ink, below image: 'A street in Bagdad.’

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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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186 x 151 mm

Condition:

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

Foliation:

‘39’

Written in

English in Latin script

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Reference: IOR/L/PS/20/C260, f 39 1
Title: 'A street in Bagdad.' Photographer: Wilfrid Malleson
Pages: 39r:39v
Author: Malleson, Sir Wilfrid
Usage terms: Public Domain

Reference: IOR/L/PS/20/C260, f 39 2
Title: 'A street in Bagdad.' Photographer: Wilfrid Malleson
Pages: 39r:39v
Author: Malleson, Sir Wilfrid
Usage terms: Public Domain

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