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'The Shaikh waiting, Koweit.' Photographer: Unknown [‎20r] (1/1)
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'The Shaikh waiting, Koweit.' Photographer: Unknown [‎20r] (1/1)

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Ref: Photo 49/1/21

The record is made up of 1 b&w silver gelatin The principal photographic process used for black and white photography from the 1870s. print. It was created in 28-29 Nov 1903. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: Visual Arts.

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View in the desert in Koweit [Kuwait], showing the Shaikh of Koweit on horseback. A man stands alongside the horse. Both are wearing vertically striped robes and wear long swords at their waists. In the background at right another man carries a flag atop a staff and also wears a sword at his waist.

Inscriptions

Ink, below image: 'The Shaikh waiting, Koweit.'

Pencil, lower right, alongside image: ‘21’

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1 b&w silver gelatin The principal photographic process used for black and white photography from the 1870s. print
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139 x 203 mm

Condition:

The print is in good condition, though the mounting paper is heavily foxed and crumbling.

Foliation:

‘21’

Process:

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

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English in Latin script
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Photo 49/1/21
Title
'The Shaikh waiting, Koweit.' Photographer: Unknown
Pages
20r
Author
East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
Usage terms
Open Government Licence