Genre/Subject Matter:This landscape view of a scene near Bushire [Būshehr], shows a winding roadway, river and mountains in the distant background. A man on a horse rounds the corner of the winding path in the middle distance.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:Lower right corner, in pencil: ‘26’Verso:Upper right corner, in pencil: ‘Entering the Kotils from Bushire’Lower right corner: ‘26’Adjacent inscription: ’26. Entering the Kotils from Bushire.’1 watercolour drawing on paper