IMAGE
Alington, George Hildebrand, 1850-1905 :[View of Jask station? ca 1870]
- Date
- 1869 - 1872
- By
- Alington, George Hildebrand, 1850-1905
- Reference
- A-446-050
- Description
Shows a view of what would appear to be part of Jask station. The building or buildings shown are clay in colour, with flat roofs and screens around windows. The top of a high wall can be seen in the foreground and the virtually barren landscape stretches into the distance.
George Hildebrand Alington was in the Persian Gulf between 1869 and 1872, when he came out to New Zealand aboard the Crusader.
Jask is a port town, about 1,050 miles (1,690 km) south of Tehran, situated on the Gulf of Oman. In 1869 it became the site of an Indo-European Telegraph station at which the overland line from Buehr (Bushire) and Lenga met the submarine cables coming from Karachi (via Gwadar) and Aden.
Quantity: 1 watercolour(s).
Physical Description: Watercolour and pencil on paper, ca 80 x 173 mm
Provenance: Artworks created by the family of Wellington architect William Alington, donated in 2011
Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Group-2000 Alington family papers.
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Curator required
- Part of
- Alington family :[Assorted watercolours, lithographs, sketches and curios, either by or belonging to family members. ca 1833-1961] / Alington, George Hildebrand, 1850-1905 :[Watercolour sketches with accompanying pocket folder, made while working in the Persian Gulf, 1869-1872]
- Format
- 1 watercolour(s), Works of art, Watercolours, Watercolour and pencil on paper, ca 80 x 173 mm, Orientation: Irregular format
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