Sketch of the site of a motorcycle accident
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- Sketch of the site of a motorcycle accident
- Date:
- 1942/1942
- Description:
- The sketch is of an aerial view of a road outside Manama, Bahrain (Belgrave road) on which a motorcycle accident occurred on 15 October 1942. The sketch accompanies a report of the accident, written by the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain, Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, addressed to the Political Agent at Bahrain and dated 5 November 1942. It is assumed that the sketch was drawn by Belgrave.The sketch indicates: the roadway, with palace gardens on its eastern edge and new cultivation on its western edge, the location of a drainage ditch being dug across the road, and indications of the position of protective barriers and lights, intended to alert motorists to the presence of the ditch.1 sketchDimensions:250 mm x 167 mm.Materials:Pencil on paper.Foliation:The sketch is foliated in the top right corner with a circled pencil number. An uncircled folio number is part of an earlier foliation system, and should be disregarded.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Drawing
- Type (Narrower):
- Drawings
- Type (Broader):
- Image
- Extent:
- 1 sketch
- Rights:
- Unknown
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100026553678.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100026553678.0x000001_en
IOR/R/15/2/739, f 8 - Is part of:
- British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers