'Bodyguard of Mailed Sowars, Koweit.' Photographer: Unknown
Photo 49/1/19
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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 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 a group of sowars or mounted escorts or guards. The title presumably refers to chain-mail worn by the soldiers (visible in the helmet worn by the man third from left).
Inscriptions
Ink, below image: 'Bodyguard of Mailed Sowars, Koweit.'
Pencil, lower right, alongside image: ‘19’
- 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:
145 x 204 mm
Condition:
The print is in good condition, though the mounting paper is heavily foxed and crumbling.
Foliation:
‘19’
Process:
- Written in
- English in Latin script
- Type
- Photograph
Archive information for this record
- Original held at
- British Library: Visual Arts
- Access conditions
Unrestricted
- Archive reference
- Photo 49/1/19
- Date(s)
- 29 Nov 1903 (CE, Gregorian)
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'Bodyguard of Mailed Sowars, Koweit.' Photographer: Unknown, British Library: Visual Arts, Photo 49/1/19, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100024111424.0x00000b> [accessed 9 January 2025]
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- Reference
- Photo 49/1/19
- Title
- 'Bodyguard of Mailed Sowars, Koweit.' Photographer: Unknown
- Pages
- 18r
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence