'An Arab café in Bagdad.' Photographer: Wilfrid Malleson [‎40r] (1/2)

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'An Arab café in Bagdad.' Photographer: Wilfrid Malleson

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Ref: IOR/L/PS/20/C260, f 40 1

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'Near the Customs House, Bagdad.' Photographer: Wilfrid Malleson

2 images

Ref: IOR/L/PS/20/C260, f 40 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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Genre/Subject Matter

Café scene in Baghdad. Seven or more men sit on benches in the shade on the café terrace.

Inscriptions

Ink, below image: 'An Arab café in Bagdad.'

Pencil, at left, above image: ‘40’; ‘18’

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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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105 x 144 mm

Condition:

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

Foliation:

‘40’

Written in

English in Latin script

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Reference: IOR/L/PS/20/C260, f 40 1
Title: 'An Arab café in Bagdad.' Photographer: Wilfrid Malleson
Pages: 40r:40v
Author: Malleson, Sir Wilfrid
Usage terms: Public Domain

Reference: IOR/L/PS/20/C260, f 40 2
Title: 'Near the Customs House, Bagdad.' Photographer: Wilfrid Malleson
Pages: 40r:40v
Author: Malleson, Sir Wilfrid
Usage terms: Public Domain

'An Arab café in Bagdad.' Photographer: Wilfrid Malleson [‎40r] (1/2)

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