'Fort Capitano, Muscat'

Photo 355/1(45)

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The record is made up of 1 b&w albumen Method of printing photographs using an emulsion of salt and egg white (albumen). print. It was created in c. 1870. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: Visual Arts.

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Genre/Subject Matter:

View looking west south-west across the harbour towards Fort Capitano (Fort Al-Mirani). The photograph was possibly taken from on board ship.

From centre to left of the image the town of Muscat is visible, including the Sultan's Palace.

Rocky hills rise in the background.

Inscriptions:

Lower right, in pencil alongside image: '45'

Lower left, in pencil alongside image: 'a'

Below image, in pen: 'Fort Capitano, Muscat'

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Physical characteristics

Dimensions:

150 x 206 mm

Format:

Condition:

The print is in good condition with staining in the sky area in the upper right and left corners and minor surface dirt and creasing throughout.

Foliation:

‘a’ (crossed out); ‘45’

Process:

Written in

English in Latin script

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'Fort Capitano, Muscat', British Library: Visual Arts, Photo 355/1(45), in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023299014.0x000001> [accessed 28 August 2024]

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