P. & O. Steam Ship Deccan 3128 tons 550 h.p. Ship on which we sailed from Southampton to Bombay. [September 27th–October 24th 1877]. Photographer: Unknown
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Photographic copy of a painting of the ship Deccan, a port beam view showing her under sail and steam.
Entrée du Canal de Suez, Port Said. Photographer: Arnoux, Hippolyte
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Inscription: Numbered '2' and titled in French as above in the negative. View from the lighthouse at Port Said, looking down onto shipping at anchor, with the entrance to the Suez Canal in the background. Print unsigned, but attributed to Arnoux.
Ceylon. Colombo [sic, for Galle] Harbour [visited November 27th-30th and December 10th-13th 1877]. Photographer: Skeen and Company, William Henry Louis
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View across the harbour at Galle, with shipping at anchor in the bay. Photograph uncredited, but probably by Skeen and Co.
Visited by the compiler of this album between 11th and 13th March, 1878. Print unsigned, but probably by Samuel Bourne and probably the image listed in the Bourne and Shepherd catalogue as 'Muttra, from the opposite bank, with Bridge of Boats.' View looking across the Yamuna, with bullock carts ...