American tourists. Meets Brig. Gen. Mitchell (U.S.A.A.F.) Memorial plaque to Royal Scots unveiled. Description of elephants at work at Ahlone timber yards. Meets Lt. Doisy, French aviator forced to land on Rangoon racecourse during round the world flight.
Illustrated journal from 1838 to 1850 kept by Mary Emma Walter describing the voyage out to India and life as an army wife. It includes passages copied from books and periodicals, and copies of letters written to her mother. Artist(s): Walter, Mary Emma (1816-1850)
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Illustrated journal from 1838 to 1850 kept by Mary Emma Walter describing the voyage out to India and life as an army wife. It includes passages copied from books and periodicals, and copies of letters written to her mother. ff.11-22 Views in France. f.31 Malta. Pencil. f.37 Pyramids and sph...
An album of views, flower studies and miscellaneous drawings made in India between 1838 and 1850. Artist(s): Walter, Mary Emma (1816-1850)
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An album with some blank folios of views, flower studies and miscellaneous drawings made between 1838 and 1850 by Mary Emma Walter née Coulthard (1816-1850), assorted sizes laid down, various media. In many cases the drawings are duplicated in her journal, Mss Eur B 265/1. ff.5-8 Views in Franc...
Ambrotype portrait of Robert Bensley Thornhill. TRANSFERRED TO PHOTO 1229. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Portrait Photography Oval image. Half-length portrait of Robert Bensley Thornhill (1818-1857), Bengal Civil Service, killed with his wife and children at Cawnpore (Kanpur).
C.O. & S.M. & Tr. [Commanding officer, Sergeant-Major and Trooper.] Photographer: Knox, Arthur Rice
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Genre: Portrait Photography The three figures on horseback. Location unspecified, possibly at Ahmadabad at start of march. [147x81mm]. Subjects = British army; military (general); Royal Artillery
Genre: Portrait Photography Lieutenan C. St M. Ingham and two other officers on horseback. A faded and yellowed print. [148x89mm]. Subjects = British army; military (general); Royal Artillery Portrait Subjects = Ingham, C. St M.Lieutenant