'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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Genre/Subject Matter:
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
- It is part of
- 67 imagesRef: Photo 49/1
- Physical characteristics
Dimensions:
205 x 290 mm
Condition:
The print is in good condition, though the mounting paper is heavily foxed and crumbling.
Foliation:
‘1’
Process:
- Written in
- 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
- Date(s)
- Nov 1903 (CE, Gregorian)
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- Mary Victoria Curzon1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston George Nathaniel CurzonClive Wigram
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- Photo 49/1/1
- Title
- 'Lord and Lady Curzon and Staff on the Tour [of the Persian Gulf].' Photographer: Unknown
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- 2r
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence