'Distant View of Hormuz.' Photographer: Unknown
Photo 49/1/15
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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 22 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 Hormuz Island from on board ship. An imposing fort, likely that of Fort of Our Lady of the Conception, also known as the Portuguese Castle (shown in Photo 49/1/12), is visible in the centre background.
Craggy hills rise in the background.
Inscriptions:
Ink, below image: 'Distant View of Hormuz.'
Pencil, lower right, alongside image: ‘15’
Pencil, upper left, alongside image: ‘a’
- 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:
102 x 145 mm
Condition:
The print is in good condition, though the mounting paper is heavily foxed and crumbling. There are two roughlycircular patches of staining left of centre in sky area.
Foliation:
‘15’
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 49/1/15
- Date(s)
- 22 Nov 1903 (CE, Gregorian)
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'Distant View of Hormuz.' Photographer: Unknown, British Library: Visual Arts, Photo 49/1/15, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/node/9640> [accessed 22 June 2026]
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- Photo 49/1/15
- Title
- 'Distant View of Hormuz.' Photographer: Unknown
- Pages
- 15r-a
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence