'View in Bagdad.' Photographer: Wilfrid Malleson
IOR/L/PS/20/C260, f 35 2
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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 1906. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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Genre/Subject Matter:
View of a narrow street in Baghdad, with a woman carrying an infant in the foreground; another woman wearing black stands against the same wall in the background, while in the far distance other figures can be seen. The buildings on either side of the street are made of brick and feature projecting mashrabiyyas of wood and metal.
Inscriptions:
Ink, below image: 'View in Bagdad.'
Pencil, alongside image at lower right: ‘35’; ‘13’
- 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
- 106 imagesRef: IOR/L/PS/20/C260
- Physical characteristics
Dimensions:
134 x 189 mm
Condition:
The print is in good condition with minor surface dirt throughout.
Foliation:
‘35’
- Written in
- English in Latin script
- Type
- Photograph
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- Original held at
- British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity.
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Unrestricted
- Archive reference
- IOR/L/PS/20/C260, f 35 2
- Date(s)
- 1906 (CE, Gregorian)
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- Bagdad
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- IOR/L/PS/20/C260, f 35 2
- Title
- 'View in Bagdad.' Photographer: Wilfrid Malleson
- Pages
- 34r:34v
- Author
- Malleson, Sir Wilfrid
- Usage terms
- Public Domain