'View from Old Fort, Hormuz.' Photographer: Unknown [‎14r-a] (1/1)

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Genre/Subject Matter:

View from the old fort on Hormuz Island (perhaps the Fort of Our Lady of the Conception, also known as the Portuguese Castle) towards a settlement, probably Hormuz itself. All the structures are low-lying stone buildings with wooden or reed roofs.

Craggy hills rise in the background. At left the shoreline curves away into the distance.

This is the first (right-hand) image in a panoramic pair taken from the same position. The second is Photo 49/1/14.

Inscriptions:

Ink, below image: 'View from Old Fort, Hormuz.'

Pencil, lower right, alongside image: ‘13’

Pencil, upper left, alongside image: ‘a’

Extent and format

1 b&w silver gelatin The principal photographic process used for black and white photography from the 1870s. print

Physical characteristics

Dimensions:

102 x 147 mm

Condition:

The print is in good condition, though the mounting paper is heavily foxed and crumbling. A line curves from right to left across the centre of the image and may be the result of tearing or an incision with ink.

Foliation:

‘13’

Process:

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

Written in

English in Latin script

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