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11. Add MS 51309(12)

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Title:
Fruit of the coco de mer. Photographer: Coret
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

12. Add MS 51309(2)

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Title:
Mt. Ararat Camp, J.L.A.S., 1857. Photographer: Lawson
Scope & Content:
Views of tents in foreground, with mountain beyond. Contemporary copy print. The original print has been made from a broken glass negative. For a note on the attribution of this and the following prints to Corporal Lawson R. E., see collection introduction.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1857
Extent:
1 item

13. Add MS 51309(4)

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Title:
Baiburt, from S.W. Road from Ezeroum to Trebizonde. Site of a battle between the Turks and the Russians under Paskievitch. Photographer: Lawson
Scope & Content:
View looking towards the town.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1857
Extent:
1 item

14. Add MS 51309(11)

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Title:
The Lodoicea Seychellarum or coco de mer with husk on. Photographer: Coret
Scope & Content:
View of coco de mer nut. Mounted on photographer's cabinet card, with printed legend, 'Coret, Phot. Ile Maurice.'
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

15. Add MS 51309(3)

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Title:
Camp on the slopes of Mt. Ararat. J.L.A.S. 1857. Photographer: Lawson
Scope & Content:
Similar view to preceding print, also printed from a broken negative.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1857
Extent:
1 item

16. Add MS 51309(10)

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Title:
Section of the nut of the Lodoicea Seychellarum or Coco de Mer. Photographer: Coret
Scope & Content:
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.'
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

17. Add MS 51309(8d)

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Title:
The Staubbach. Valley of Lauterbrunnen. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View of waterfall and houses in foreground, with valley beyond.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

18. Add MS 51309(1)

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Title:
Throne from the Emperor of China's Summer Palace at Pekin, presented to the R.E. Mess, Chatham, by Colonel C.G. Gordon. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of The throne was presumably acquired during the looting of Peking in the Anglo-Chinese War of 1860.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

19. Add MS 51309(15)

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Title:
Ibrahim Pasha Fawzy, Governor of Khartoum and Milit. Comder., while in prison. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
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.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item