'Lord and Lady Curzon and Staff on the Tour [of the Persian Gulf].' Photographer: Unknown

Photo 49/1/1

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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 Nov 1903. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: Visual Arts.

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Group portrait photograph taken on board ship in November 1903, during Lord and Lady Curzon’s Tour of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . Lord George Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston (1859-1925) and Lady Mary Victoria Curzon (1870-1906) sit at centre and immediately right of centre in rattan deck chairs, while their staff and crew of thirteen men and one woman stand and sit around them.

Other figures portrayed include: Brigadier-General Everard Baring (1865-1932), Military Secretary to the Viceroy of India 1899-1905; Major Arthur Vernon Poynter (b. 1872-1955); Clive Wigram, 1st Baron Wigram (1873-1960), Aide-de-Camp to the Viceroy of India 1899-1904.

Inscriptions:

Ink, below image: 'Lord and Lady Curzon and Staff on the Tour.'

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

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205 x 290 mm

Condition:

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

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‘1’

Process:

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

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English in Latin script
Type
Photograph

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British Library: Visual Arts
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Unrestricted

Archive reference
Photo 49/1/1

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Nov 1903 (CE, Gregorian)

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'Lord and Lady Curzon and Staff on the Tour [of the Persian Gulf].' Photographer: Unknown, British Library: Visual Arts, Photo 49/1/1, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100024111424.0x000009> [accessed 16 February 2025]

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