Ivory casket. Matifat [at the Great Exhibition, London]. Photographer: Owen, Hugh
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Inscription: Signed in the negative with monogram 'H. O.' Close view of ivory casket with carved figure of mother and child, displayed at the Great Exhibition.
The journal of the East India Company ship Barrington by Captain John Hunter from 24 August 1722 to 12 March 1724. The journal contains entries providing the dates of arrival at various ports of call in both Old and New Style: The daily entries for the voyage from Deptford to Gravesend (26 Sept...