Title

Sketches in the Persian Gulf - the Hon. Mr. Murray and his suite - from a photograph, 1857. Creator: Unknown.

Caption

Sketches in the Persian Gulf - the Hon. Mr. Murray and his suite - from a photograph, 1857. Engraving after a photograph by 'Major H. Ban, Paymaster of the Field Force in the Persian Gulf...[of] official personages and officers of the expedition and inhabitants of Bushire [Bushehr]'. Charles Murray (seated holding mouthpiece of huqqa pipe) was Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Shah of Persia. From "Illustrated London News", 1857.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM23A76_370

Model release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

9,4Mb (676,0Kb) / 6,3in x 5,8in / 1898 x 1730 (300dpi)

Keywords

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