‘Scene entering the Kotils from Bushire’ by Joseph D'Arcy (1780–1846)

Content

Genre/Subject Matter:

This landscape view of a scene near Bushire [Būshehr] shows a trail winding from left towards high mountain ranges in the background. A large expanse of water – perhaps a river – snakes from right to centre around a bank jutting towards the centre of the image.

Temporal Context:

Although the image dates from the Ouseley embassy 1810–12, the adjacent caption/description likely dates from c. 1880 and was written by later owner of the album, F. G. McCutcheon.

Inscriptions:

Recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. :

Lower right corner, in pencil: ‘29’

Verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. :

Upper right, in pencil: ‘Scene entering the Kotils from Bushire’

Lower right corner, in pencil: ‘29’

Adjacent inscription: ‘29. Scene on entering the Kotils from Bushire. The Kotils are a range of mountains between Bushire and Shiraz’

Extent and format

1 watercolour drawing on paper

It is part of

‘Colonel D’arcy Drawings Made During the Embassy to Persia 1810–12’ by Joseph D’Arcy (1780–1846)

8 images

Ref: WD3274

Physical characteristics

Dimensions:

236 x 338 mm

Materials:

Watercolour on paper

Condition:

Light surface dirt coats the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. and verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. , with staining along all edges. Two small puncture holes at upper left and right corners indicate that the drawing was at one time pinned up.

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Drawing

Access & Reference

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

WD3274/29

History of this record

Date(s)

1810-12 (CE, Gregorian)

Places

Bushire

People & organisations

Joseph D'Arcy

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‘Scene entering the Kotils from Bushire’ by Joseph D'Arcy (1780–1846), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, WD3274/29, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100027191683.0x000001> [accessed 8 February 2025]

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