'Artist at Work, Kishim [Qishm].' Photographer: Unknown

Content

Genre/Subject Matter:

Showing a European man wearing a pith helmet sketching in a notebook on a rocky hillside on the island of Kishim [Qishm], off the Persian coastline.

Inscriptions:

Ink, below image: 'Artist at Work, Kishim.'

Pencil, lower right, alongside image: ‘18’

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

Dane Collection: 'Photographs of Lord Curzon's tour in the Persian Gulf, November, 1903'.

67 images

Ref: Photo 49/1

Physical characteristics

Dimensions:

104 x 150 mm

Condition:

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

Foliation:

‘18’

Process:

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

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Photograph

Access & Reference

Original held at

British Library: Visual Arts

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

Photo 49/1/18

History of this record

Date(s)

24 Nov 1903 (CE, Gregorian)

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'Artist at Work, Kishim [Qishm].' Photographer: Unknown, British Library: Visual Arts, Photo 49/1/18, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100024111424.0x00000c> [accessed 1 July 2026]

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