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'Bushire Coast Line.' Photographer: Unknown [‎23r] (1/1)
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'Bushire Coast Line.' Photographer: Unknown [‎23r] (1/1)

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Ref: Photo 49/1/24

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 2-3 Dec 1903. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: Visual Arts.

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Genre/Subject Matter

View of Bushire. The shoreline extends from right to distant left, lined with two-storey buildings. A particularly ornate balcony is visible at far right.

In the distant background at left a dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. can be seen

Inscriptions

Ink, below image: 'Bushire Coast Line.'

Pencil, lower right, alongside image: ‘24’

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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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94 x 148 mm

Condition:

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

Foliation:

‘24’

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 49/1/24
Title
'Bushire Coast Line.' Photographer: Unknown
Pages
23r
Author
East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
Usage terms
Open Government Licence