Section of the nut of the Lodoicea Seychellarum or Coco de Mer. Photographer: Coret
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View of coco de mer nut, with section removed to reveal interior. Mounted on photographer's cabinet card, with printed legend, 'Coret, Phot. Ile Maurice.'
View of coco de mer nut. With additional note on reverse reading 'The coco de mer or Lodocea Seychellarum is called by Linnaeus 'The Prince of the vegetable kingdom.' 47 years elapse before it bears fruit and 200 years ere it reaches maturity. The weight of the fruit is from 30 to 40 lbs, and ta...
Ibrahim Pasha Fawzy, Governor of Khartoum and Milit. Comder., while in prison. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length portrait of Ibrahim Fawzy, seated on the ground in manacles. The photograph appears to be a studio re-enactment of his imprisonment. With note in Arabic on mount.
Portrait of Lady Curzon. Photographer: Bourne and Shepherd
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Inscription: Signed on print, 'Mary Curzon Calcutta 1900.' Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length studio portrait, showing Mary Victoria Curzon (1870-1906), Lady Curzon of Kedleston, wife of George Nathaniel Curzon, seated, in profile, on a stone bench.
Portrait of Lord Curzon. Photographer: Elliott and Fry
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Inscription: Signed on mount, 'Curzon of Kedleston 1900.' Genre: Portrait Photography Half-length profile portrait of George Nathaniel Curzon (1859-1925), 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, statesman, traveller and Viceroy of India 1899-1905, taken in London.