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'Fort Capitano, Muscat' [‎23r-b] (1/1)

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'Fort Capitano, Muscat'
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Ref: Photo 355/1/45

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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1 b&w albumen Method of printing photographs using an emulsion of salt and egg white (albumen). print
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Dimensions:

150 x 206 mm

Format:

Albumen Method of printing photographs using an emulsion of salt and egg white (albumen). print on paper

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:

Albumen Method of printing photographs using an emulsion of salt and egg white (albumen). print

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English in Latin script
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Photo 355/1/45
Title
'Fort Capitano, Muscat'
Pages
23r-b
Author
Unknown
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Public Domain