'Landing at Koweit.' Photographer: Unknown
Photo 49/1/22
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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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Genre/Subject Matter
View of the shoreline at Koweit [Kuwait]. At right, Lord Curzon and his staff are being carried ashore by Arab men from a small boat at far right.
The Shaikh of Kuwait or his retainer stands at left alongside a horse waiting for the Europeans to come ashore. In the distant background, left of centre, a boat – probably a dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. – is moored.
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Ink, below image: 'Landing at Koweit.'
Pencil, lower right, alongside image: ‘22’
- Extent and format
- 1 b&w silver gelatin The principal photographic process used for black and white photography from the 1870s. print
- It is part of
- 67 imagesRef: Photo 49/1
- Physical characteristics
Dimensions:
139 x 203 mm
Condition:
The print is in good condition, though the mounting paper is heavily foxed and crumbling.
Foliation:
‘22’
Process:
- Written in
- English in Latin script
- Type
- Photograph
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- Original held at
- British Library: Visual Arts
- Access conditions
Unrestricted
- Archive reference
- Photo 49/1/22
- Date(s)
- 28-29 Nov 1903 (CE, Gregorian)
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'Landing at Koweit.' Photographer: Unknown, British Library: Visual Arts, Photo 49/1/22, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100024111424.0x000004> [accessed 26 January 2025]
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- Photo 49/1/22
- Title
- 'Landing at Koweit.' Photographer: Unknown
- Pages
- 21r
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence