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2272. C.141.dd.8(34)
- 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
2273. C.161.g.2(11)
- 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
2274. C.161.g.2(36)
- 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
2275. Cup.409.b.11(6)
- 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
2276. Cup.409.b.11(38)
- 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
2277. Cup.409.b.11(42)
- 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
2278. Foster 8
- 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
2279. Foster 35
- 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
2280. Foster 37
- 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