Bahamas
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Item
NS I Chap 4-102 Note, 1861-09-12
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 45: 132r
Scope and Contents
Note; by Charles Robert Darwin
(Note)
Dates:
1861-09-12
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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Series
Pastel portraits: 'Warriors of the Empire', 1939-1945
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9397/1
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
During the Second World War, Earl was commissioned to prepare a series of pastel portraits of service men and women from what were then British dominions and colonies (described as 'Empire servicemen'), including Trinida, Newfoundland, Southern Rhodesia [i.e. Zimbabwe] and Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka]. The portraits were exhibited at the Royal Empire (late Commonwealth) Society in December 1945 as 'Warriors of the Empire'. The collection also includes a series of portraits of North American...
Dates:
1939-1945
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).