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Reference (shelfmark):: C.141.dd.8(33)
Title:: The gladdon-cutter's return. Photographer: Emerson, Peter Henry
Scope & Content:: Genre: Landscape Photography View showing a bulrush cutter poling a boat loaded with harvested 'gladdon' or bulrushes.
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1880s
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: C.141.dd.8(34)
Title:: Quanting the gladdon. Photographer: Emerson, Peter Henry
Scope & Content:: Genre: Landscape Photography Showing a man poling a small boat loaded with 'gladdon' or bulrushes.
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1880s
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: C.161.g.2(11)
Title:: Dredging machine [Victoria Bridge, Montreal], Septr. 1858. Photographer: Notman, William
Scope & Content:: Inscription: Blind-embossed stamp of Chelsea Public Library bottom right. Genre: Industrial Photography Rounded corners. View of the dredging machine, with workers posed on and around the machinery and the St Lawrence River in the background.
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: Sep 1858
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: C.161.g.2(36)
Title:: Laying bottom of tube [Victoria Bridge, Montreal], May 1859. Photographer: Notman, William
Scope & Content:: Inscription: Blind-embossed stamp of Chelsea Public Library bottom right. Genre: Industrial Photography Rounded corners. View showing workmen posed in the supporting structure of the tube.
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: May 1859
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Cup.409.b.11(6)
Title:: The Ch’ing-T’an T’an. Photographer: Mennie, Donald
Scope & Content:: Genre: Landscape Photography View of the rapids, with a fisherman with dip-net on rocks at water’s edge.
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1925
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Cup.409.b.11(38)
Title:: The Ch’ing Rapid. Photographer: Mennie, Donald
Scope & Content:: Genre: Landscape Photography View of the rapid from the north bank, with two men fishing with pole nets from the rocks in the foreground.
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1925
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Cup.409.b.11(42)
Title:: Trackers at the Hsin-Lung T’an. Photographer: Mennie, Donald
Scope & Content:: Genre: Landscape Photography View of a long line of trackers hauling a boat up-river.
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1925
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Foster 8
Title:: Britannia being presented with the riches of the East. Symbolical group illustrating the commercial wealth of Britain. Commissioned by the East India Company in 1728 for the Court Room of East India House. Artist(s): Rysbrack, Michael (1694-1770)
Scope & Content:: Symbolical group illustrating the commercial wealth of Britain, 1729-30. Britannia, seated on a globe under a rock by the sea shore is looking towards the east. Her right hand leans on a Union shield and her left holds a trident. She wears a naval crown. Before her stand three female figures; In...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1729-1730
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Foster 35
Title:: Cape of Good Hope. Table Mountain dominates the picture. On the shore is seen a walled fort, from which flies the Dutch flag. To the right is another fortified building, and behind are a number of warehouses or dwellings. Shipping in the foreground. Ar
Scope & Content:: Cape of Good Hope, c.1731 Table Mountain, flanked by two other lofty hills, dominates the picture. On the shore is seen a walled fort, from which flies the Dutch flag. To the right is another fortified building, and behind are a number of warehouses or dwellings. In the roads, besides severa...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1731
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Foster 37
Title:: The island of St Helena, as seen from the north west, with Jamestown, in the centre of the picture. Along the sea-front runs a double wall of fortifications. On either side of the town rise precipitous cliffs. English ships are in the foreground. Artis
Scope & Content:: St. Helena, c.1731 The island of St. Helena, as seen from the north west, with Jamestown, the principal settlement and the head-quarters of the government, in the centre of the picture. Along the sea-front runs a double wall of fortifications, on the centre bastion of which flies the British f...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1731
Extent:: 1 Item

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