拍品专文
Images documenting an exploratory tour around the Emirates made in 1901 on the double-mast ship, the 'Selika'. Views around Algeria, 'l'ile de Galite', 'Pantellaria', Port Saïd, 'Ismaïlia', Cairo, 'Bédrachein', Memphis, Aden, 'Makalla', 'Hallanyia' (illus.), Muscat, 'Dibbah', 'Bahreïm', 'Darin', 'Bushire', 'Lingah', 'Bander Abbas', Ormuz island, Nisida and the island of Pérégil including harbour views, market and village scenes, architectural studies and details of mosques and minarets, images along the Nile, a camel market, town views, an image of the mud fort at Dibbah, a view of the government palace at Bushire; a group portrait of the crew on board the ship, portraits of fishermen, attendants of the Sultan in Makalla, native singers in Muscat, ship-builders and one of vessel-sellers.