Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Group of Chinese artillerymen with European officers, posed in the courtyard of a house. The photograph was evidently taken on the same occasion as print 7.
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...
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.
Section of the nut of the Lodoicea Seychellarum or Coco de Mer. Photographer: Coret
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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.'
Ibrahim Pasha Fawzy, Governor of Khartoum and Milit. Comder., while in prison. Photographer: Unknown
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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.