Mabel’s photographs of Bahrain ‘are amongst the earliest recorded… and are of some quality: in one of them Bent, looking like a gamekeeper who has strayed rather far from his customary beat, clad in deerstalker hat and tweeds, is revealed, entertaining Bahraini dignitaries at the Aali mounds.’ M. Rice (1984), Dilmun discovered. The early years of archaeology in Bahrain. London: Longman, pp. 67ff.
Mabel in her “princesse dress of rich white silk, trimmed with a flounce of Carrickmacross lace, with veil to match, and a set of pearls, the gift of the bridegroom.” From a newspaper article (newspaper not recorded), August 1887. An undated studio photo, probably taken after her marriage (photo: The Bent Archive).
