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 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 2970 Collections and/or Records:

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[Beach scene], 1880 - 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305K/137
Scope and Contents

150 x 100 mm. Showing a large number of people on a beach with white 'cliffs' (man-made?) and a built up area in the background. There are many bathing machines at the waters edge. Exact location unidentified.

Dates: 1880 - 1900
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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Beaumaris Castle, Anglesea [i.e. Anglesey], Wales, 1868, 1868

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305K/79
Scope and Contents From the Series:

A group of stereoscopic halves each measuring approximately 72 x 72 mm, showing general views of the architecture in the British Isles, Belgium and Paris.

Dates: 1868
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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Beauport, 1921

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/4/75
Scope and Contents

45 x 65 mm. Showing Tymms sat amongst some rocks.

Dates: 1921
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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Beauport, 1921

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/4/79
Scope and Contents

45 x 65 mm.

Dates: 1921
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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Beauport [Jersey], 1921

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/4/69
Scope and Contents

45 x 65 mm. Showing a view of the bay. There is a dog stood in the foreground, land in the background, and a boat between the two.

Dates: 1921
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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Beauport [Jersey], 1921

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/4/70
Scope and Contents

45 x 65 mm. Showing a man sat on a rock smoking a pipe.

Dates: 1921
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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Beauport, July '21, 1921-07

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/4/78
Scope and Contents

45 x 65 mm. Showing a woman wearing a bathing suit sat on rocks as the tide splashes over her.

Dates: 1921-07
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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Bedroom, 1936

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCS/llh/13
Scope and Contents From the Sub-sub-class:

Views of the society's Northumberland Ave. headquarters and of some of the branch buildings.

Dates: 1936
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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Beer Street, 1880 - 1902

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468K(LS)3/1
Scope and Contents From the File:

Reproductions of prints by the English artist. The slide containing Plate 3 of The Harlot's Progress is missing. The collection also includes an engraving of Henry Fuseli's painting Midsummer Night's Dream: Act IV, Scene 1

Dates: 1880 - 1902
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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Beer Street, 1880 - 1902

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468K(LS)3/56
Scope and Contents From the File:

Reproductions of prints by the English artist. The slide containing Plate 3 of The Harlot's Progress is missing. The collection also includes an engraving of Henry Fuseli's painting Midsummer Night's Dream: Act IV, Scene 1

Dates: 1880 - 1902
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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Before, 1880 - 1902

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468K(LS)3/27
Scope and Contents From the File:

Reproductions of prints by the English artist. The slide containing Plate 3 of The Harlot's Progress is missing. The collection also includes an engraving of Henry Fuseli's painting Midsummer Night's Dream: Act IV, Scene 1

Dates: 1880 - 1902
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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Before, 1880 - 1902

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468K(LS)3/67
Scope and Contents From the File:

Reproductions of prints by the English artist. The slide containing Plate 3 of The Harlot's Progress is missing. The collection also includes an engraving of Henry Fuseli's painting Midsummer Night's Dream: Act IV, Scene 1

Dates: 1880 - 1902
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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Bell of the 'Shannon', 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3070B/10
Scope and Contents

194 x 244 mm. Showing the bell of HMS 'Shannon', dated 1740 and set into the Bermuda dockyard wall. The bell celebrates the victory of the 'Shannon' over the USS 'Chesapeake' outside Boston during the War of 1812. 'Shannon' probably came to Bermuda to refit and left the bell as a trophy.

Dates: 1910
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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Ben Nevis from Bannavie, head of Loch Linne, 1859

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 40/1/7/233
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: 1859
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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Ben Slioch from Bridge of Grudie, 1874

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 21/2/29
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).
 Person

Benn, Anthony Neil Wedgwood, 1925-2014 (Politician)

 Person
Dates: Existence: 1925 - 2014
 Organization

Benn Brothers Limited (Publisher) (1880-1987) (United Kingdom)

 Organization
Dates: Existence: 1880 - 1987
 Series

Bermuda, 1951 - 1953

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011XX/2-84
Scope and Contents

A series of photographs relating to the career of Sir Raynor Arthur. Arthur arrived in Bermuda in the summer of 1951 as Colonial Secretary and went on leave, prior to taking up his post as Governor of the Falkland Islands, in December 1953. He was appointed C. M. G. in August 1953 and during the Queen's visit in November he was invested with the C. V. O. Unless otherwise stated, the Bermuda photographs are approximately 255 x 200 mm.

Dates: 1951 - 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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Bermuda Beach Scene, 1951 - 1953

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011XX/70
Scope and Contents A view looking out to sea from the Bermuda Beach. The caption on the face of the print reads: 'Typical of Bermuda's beaches is this sandy cove between rugged boulders of coral rock. Little secluded beaches like this extend along a good part of the south shore of the islands where a vacationist can find as secluded a spot as he likes for a picnic or a swim. The line of breakers seen in the distance marks the outer reefs'. Both the typed caption, and the reverse of the print (handwritten...
Dates: 1951 - 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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Bermuda Cottage, 1951 - 1953

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011XX/72
Scope and Contents

The caption on the face of the print reads: 'Architecture in Bermuda follows the more or less unique pattern. This little cottage nestling among Bermuda cedar trees is typical of buildings in Bermuda, with its stepped, whitewashed roof, designed for catching rainwater for drinking purposes. Both the typed caption, and the reverse of the print (handwritten in pencil) have the reference '4711-33'. The print is also stamped by the Bermuda News Bureau, with the photographers name.

Dates: 1951 - 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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Bermuda from house, Warwick, 1951 - 1953

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011XX/66
Scope and Contents

A view looking across fields and woodland to the sea, with a house in the foreground. The reverse of the print is stamped with the photographers details: 'Photo - Frederick L. Hamilton, 315 8th Avenue, Pelham 65, New York' and has been given the negative number 'D-15'.

Dates: 1951 - 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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Bermudians, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3070B/12
Scope and Contents

192 x 240 mm. Showing a group of young Bermudians standing on a large coral rock. Photograph by Wm Weiss and Co.

Dates: 1910
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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Berth for building Dreadnoughts and gantry, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 16/5187
Scope and Contents

Half-plate (landscape format). [Different view of berth seen in 5186].

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).