LIST OF LINE SKETCHES
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Abadan2
"Serried ranks of tall iron funnels"6
Ship loading with Oil7
"A Mysterious-looking furnace tower"9
"Crude steam engines evolved by Titans when the world was young"11
In Ashar Creek16
Sunset, Old Basra21
Dhows, Basra26
Monitor "Moth" at Basra28
The Sirens of the Narrows33
Noah's Ark, 191936
Upward Bound on the Tigris38
Hillah47
Ctesiphon50
Ancient Irrigation Channel near Hillah55
Tower of Babel. Fig. 157
The Tower of Babel59
Tower of Babel. Fig. 260
Tower of Babel. Fig. 361
Goufas on the Tigris68
"A magic vignette of palms, Eastern buildings, and a
large South-Western Railway engine"77
"Suddenly we came upon a scene of strange beauty and
dramatic effect"79
"By garden porches on the brim, The costly doors flung open wide"82
"All round the fragrant marge, From fluted vase and brazen
urn, In order, Eastern flowers large."83
"By Baghdad's shrines of fretted gold, High-walled gardens,
green and old."85
Showing the Simplicity of Mesopotamian Domestic
Architecture. Tigris88
Baghdad90
"Puffing Billy" in Baghdad91
A Bit of Old Baghdad93
"Blossoms and fruit at once of golden hue Appeared, with gay
enamelled colours mixed."98
"High, eminent, blooming ambrosial fruit Of vegetable gold."105
The Walls of Hit110
Hit120
Samara121