'[Muscat] British Consulate. 31. Oct 1900'. Photographer: Arthur Alexander Crookshank

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Genre/Subject Matter

View from the shoreline of the British Consulate at Muscat, looking due west.

The consulate is a pale-stoned, two or three-storeyed building built along the quays. Two gas lamps can be seen along the quay in front of the building and a single mashrabiyya (a form of enclosed balcony) breaks up the centre of the facade.

Above the consulate a flagpole carries a flag. Figures can be seen sitting on the quay to the far left of the image. Several small boats are tied up along the shoreline.

Inscriptions

Upper right, in pen, on image: [illegible]; alongside image, in pencil: ‘a’

Lower right, in pencil, alongside image: ‘3’

Below image: ‘British Consulate. 31. Oct. 1900’

Extent and format

1 photographic print

It is part of

'South Persia'. Photographer: Lt. A. A. Crookshank (Curzon Collection)

11 images

Ref: Photo 430/8

Physical characteristics

Dimensions:

77 x 102 mm [landscape]

Format:

Materials:

Condition:

The image is considerably faded throughout with surface losses along the right-hand edge, lower left corner and 13 mm from left, 40 mm from lower edge. White smeared spot staining in the left-hand side of the image originate in the printing phase.

Foliation:

'c'; '3'

Process:

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Photograph

Access & Reference

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

Photo 430/8/3

History of this record

Date(s)

31 Oct 1900 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Landscape photographyHistoric buildings

Places

Muscat

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'[Muscat] British Consulate. 31. Oct 1900'. Photographer: Arthur Alexander Crookshank, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, Photo 430/8/3, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023515398.0x000009> [accessed 10 December 2024]

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