Dane Collection: 'Photographs of Lord Curzon's tour in the Persian Gulf, November, 1903'. [‎2v] (14/67)

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Genre/Subject Matter:

The album contains topographical views and photographs recording the tour of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. by the Viceroy of India, Lord Curzon, undertaken to uphold British interests in the region. The prints are firmly mounted on embrittled card pages, which are disintegrating at the edges. Each print is captioned in ink and dates from 1903.

The album is one of two forming the ‘Dane Collection’, which was presented in 1946 by Miss Dane, daughter of Sir Louis William Dane (1856–1946), Foreign Secretary to the Government of India at the time of Curzon’s tour. The front endpaper bears the signature ‘Louis Dane’ and a title page elaborately inscribed as above.

There is a strong likelihood that the photographs in the album were taken by Raja King Deen Dayal & Sons (Lala Deen Dayal), since John Lorimer (1870–1914) cites him as photographer of Photo 49/1/20, reproduced in his 1908 Gazeteer of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Oman and Central Arabia, a work which drew on information gathered during Curzon’s 1903 tour. Deen Dayal had been appointed as the official photographer to the Viceroy of India in 1885.

Elements:

1) Lord and Lady Curzon and staff on the tour [of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ]

2) R.I.M.S. Hardinge accompanying ships of the Royal East Indian Squadron

3) General view from R.I.M.S. Hardinge , Maskat.

4) General view showing Inlet and Fort, Maskat.

5) End of Hill showing Fort on Left, Maskat.

6) Lord Curzon going to Address Hall, Maskat.

7) Durbar A public or private audience held by a high-ranking British colonial representative (e.g. Viceroy, Governor-General, or member of the British royal family). on board R.I.M.S. Argonaut , Shergah.

8) General view from R.I.M.S. Hardinge , Lingah.

9) Falk-al-asad Inlet, Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .

10) Khor-Kawi Passage [ Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ].

11) Panoramic View of Hills, Elphinstone Inlet [ Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ].

12) Exterior of Fort, Hormuz, showing mouldering walls.

13) View from Old Fort, Hormuz.

14) General View, Hormuz.

15) Distant View of Hormuz.

16) Landing at foot of Salt Hills [Hormuz].

17) Salt Rocks and River [Hormuz].

18) Artist at Work, Kishim.

19) Bodyguard of Mailed Sowars, Koweit.

20) Camel Guard-of-Honour, Koweit.

21) The Shaikh waiting, Koweit.

22) Landing at Koweit.

23) A Few Words of Welcome, Koweit.

24) Bushire Coast Line.

25) Lord Curzon and Staff on R.I.M.S. Lawrence .

Inscriptions

Throughout the album captions and title page are hand-lettered in black ink. Further notations in pencil have been added later by cataloguers and album owner alike.

Extent and format

25 b&w silver gelatin The principal photographic process used for black and white photography from the 1870s. prints, bound into a green, cloth album

Physical characteristics

Dimensions:

Album (old cover): 318 x 425 x 37 mm

Format:

Green cloth album containing twenty-five silver gelatin The principal photographic process used for black and white photography from the 1870s. photographic prints pasted into volume.

Materials:

Paper, black ink, silver gelatin The principal photographic process used for black and white photography from the 1870s. prints.

Condition:

The images have been disbound and placed inside clear plastic. Each page is heavily foxed and brittle, however, the photographs are in fine condition.

Foliation:

The images have been numbered 1–25 alongside each image in pencil.

Process:

Silver gelatin The principal photographic process used for black and white photography from the 1870s. prints

Binding:

The album is bound in green cloth, which is heavily scuffed along the spine, particularly at the upper spine. The binding also features linen joints and hand-stitching.

Written in

English in Latin script

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