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The Spanish line across the Isthmus of Gibraltar, 1731

 Sub-Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 59/3
Scope and Contents

'A draught of the Spanish Line drawn across the Isthmus of Gibraltar, from sea to sea, 1600 yards from Willis's Battery. With a prospect of the fortifications of the garrison which lye nearest to it, and so much of the Bay as discovers the anchoring place, which the Spaniards propose to annoy by their new battery at the west end of the line', printed by J. Watson, London.

Dates: 1731
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).
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The state of the pipes in Commonwealth House, 1989-09

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCS/Ile/117
Scope and Contents

See 'Commonwealth Trust News', No. 3, 7.

Dates: 1989-09
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).
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The stern end of the Neptune from the slip jetty, Portsmouth Dockyard, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 21/5028
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate (landscape format).

Dates: 1909
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).
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The stern of the royal yacht 'Victoria and Albert', 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 21/5037
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate (landscape format). [Viewed from jetty with coaling depot visible over bow of Enterprise].

Dates: 1909
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).
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The Stones of Stennes, Orkney, 1874

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 21/2/30
Scope and Contents

168 x 108 mm.

Dates: 1874
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).
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The Sultan of Kelantan leaving London Airport after visiting England for the Coronation, 1953, 1953

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 9/19
Scope and Contents

140 x 188 mm. Half-length portrait showing Sultan Ibrahim of Kelantan (1867-1960) standing in front of the aeroplane steps. Ibrahim was the ruler of Kelantan from 1944-1960.

Dates: 1953
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).
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[The Tatler], 1911-10-11

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031C/13
Scope and Contents

Four pages extracted from the Tatler October 11, 1911. On page 55 is a photograph of Sir Frank Swettenham on the moor at Lowther Castle and on pages 56-57 a group including Captain Duff, Sir Frank Swettenham, Ex-King Manoel of Portugal and their host, Lord Lonsdale.

Dates: 1911-10-11
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).
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[The Thames, from Woolwich Arsenal], 1886

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3016A/44
Scope and Contents

91 x 105 mm. A view showing a steamer and two square-rigged sailing boats on the Thames.

Dates: 1886
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).
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[The Thames, from Woolwich Arsenal], 1886

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3016A/45
Scope and Contents

84 x 102 mm. A view showing a paddle steamer and a sailing ship on the Thames.

Dates: 1886
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).
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[The Thames, from Woolwich Arsenal], 1886

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3016A/46
Scope and Contents

176 x 83 mm. A moon-lit view of a ship at anchor in the Thames.

Dates: 1886
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).
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The Thames, from Woolwich Arsenal, 1886

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3016A/47
Scope and Contents

89 x 104 mm. A view showing sailing boats and steamers on the Thames.

Dates: 1886
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).
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The Thames, from Woolwich Arsenal, 1886

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3016A/48
Scope and Contents

87 x 104 mm. A view of a steamer on the Thames.

Dates: 1886
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).
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The tidal basin : Portsmouth Dockyard, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 21/5047
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate (landscape format). Showing the 50 ton cranes: the Hawke alongside.

Dates: 1909
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).
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The tidal basin : Portsmouth Dockyard, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 21/5050
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate (landscape format). In foreground two torpedo boats: the round tower of the Dockyard extension shows in distance.

Dates: 1909
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).
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The Tombs of the Kings, Iona, 1874

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 21/2/15
Scope and Contents

165 x 105 mm.

Dates: 1874
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).
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The Town Hall, Portsmouth, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 21/5052
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate.

Dates: 1909
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).
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The Town Hall, Portsmouth, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 21/5053
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate.

Dates: 1909
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).
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The two referees. Lieutenant [James B.] Kitson and Engineer Lieut. E.W. Roberts, 1908 - 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3070A/43
Scope and Contents

113 x 90 mm. Showing the two lieutenants, dressed as women, on their way to the hockey match.

Dates: 1908 - 1909
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).
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The United Kingdom and Ireland, 1834 - 1861

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 40/1/8
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: This is a collection of art work created by the Royal Engineer Edward Charles Frome (1802-1890). In 1929 Frome’s surviving daughter, Mrs Frank Wynne, presented some of the South Australian drawings to the Royal Empire Society through the good offices of Sir Harry Wilson, to whom she bequeathed the rest of the collection. He presented it to the society in 1931. The majority of Frome’s individual watercolours and drawings, varying in size from 250 to 450 mm, were then housed in eight...
Dates: 1834 - 1861
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).
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The University, Edinburgh, 1890 - 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/367
Scope and Contents

136 x 194 mm. A view looking along the High Street with the dome of the Old University on the left beyond South School Street. Photograph by J. Patrick.

Dates: 1890 - 1899
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).
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The Victory at Portsmouth, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 21/5083
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate (landscape format). [Showing Victory in good repair with three masts. Two boats along side with sailors in them].

Dates: 1909
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).
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The Victory at Portsmouth, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 21/5084
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate (landscape format). [One of four different views of Victory].

Dates: 1909
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).
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The Victory at Portsmouth, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 21/5085
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate (landscape format). [One of four different views of Victory].

Dates: 1909
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).
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The Victory at Portsmouth, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 21/5086
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate (landscape format). [One of four different views of Victory].

Dates: 1909
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).
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The Victory at Portsmouth, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 21/5087
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate (landscape format). [One of four different views of Victory].

Dates: 1909
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).