170 x 190 mm. A small lizard on a stalk of long grass.

140 x 195 mm. The caption continues: 'Bales of cloves being loaded into lighters for transport to the ocean liners which lie in the harbour of Zanzibar. In the background is seen the Bet-el-Ajaib (an old palace, now Government offices) and to the left the Palace of the Sultan of Zanzibar.' Photograph stamped on the reverse with 'Photograph on loan. Dorien Leigh Ltd.'

190 x 155 mm. The caption continues: 'Bales of cloves are loaded onto lighters at the wharf and thence conveyed to ocean-going liners which lie out in the harbour.' Photograph stamped on the reverse with 'Photograph on loan. Dorien Leigh Ltd.'

165 x 215 mm. The caption continues: ' After inspection the cloves are loaded onto lighters which convey them out to the waiting ocean-liners out in the harbour. Cloves which are to be transhipped are covered with a gunny cover over the ordinary matting bag. When ships are in harbour and several thousand bales of cloves are to be shipped the wharf is a hive of bustling activity.'

160 x 210 mm. Photograph stamped on the reverse (twice) with 'Photograph on loan. Dorien Leigh Ltd.'

210 x 160 mm. The caption continues: 'These are taken by lighter to ships lying out in the harbour. In the background is the Sultan's Palace and old Arab houses.'

82 x 82 mm. glass slides with brief, undated captions.

(PC9).

The caption on the reverse reads: 'Gold Mine, Gold Coast. This is one of the Mines on the Banquet Reef, near Tarquah, in the Gold Coast Colony'.

Guggisberg stated: 'The open-air painting of Abbontiakoon, with its variety of greens, the winding track of the Government Railway to Coomassie in the foreground and the distant blue hills, give a characteristic scene in the mining district' (Guggisberg, Gold Coast News, no. 25).

Measuring 220 x 285 mm, this album contains postcards, some of which are coloured. The majority portray Algiers (including 12 of the museum), Algerian people, Biskra, and the ruins of Timgad, Constantine, Tunis and Carthage.

205 x 154 mm. A view from the street showing the front façade of the post office at Maseru, capital of Lesotho, with a row of cars parked in the foreground.

203 x 155 mm. A view from the street showing the front façade of the post office at Maseru, capital of Lesotho.

79 x 80 mm. glossy print with 56 mm. negative.

Showing part of the outer wall of the Elliptical Building at Great Zimbabwe, decorated with two rows of chevron patterns worked into the stonework near the top.

Published and unpublished works on African history written by Gray, accompanied by research notes from archives and secondary sources.

This collection is composed of archives relating to Glover’s government of Lagos and the Volta campaign during the Second Anglo-Asante War.

Material relating to Ankole, Bunyoro, Nile District, Elgon and Toro.

This is a large section, organised chronologically, covering the period 1860-1912.

Published and unpublished works on African history written by Gray, accompanied by research notes from archives and secondary sources.

Showing Jackson crouching gun in hand next to the dead buffalo. This photograph is not mentioned in Gedge’s diary, but on January 20th both he and Jackson shot bull buffaloes, and the background scenery of the photograph resembles that seen in Y30468K/60. The following day Gedge’s diary records that he was ‘busy skinning birds and washing photos’; these are probably the pictures referred to. See also LS/23. A duplicate of Y30468K/61.

Showing Jackson crouching gun in hand next to the dead buffalo. This photograph is not mentioned in Gedge’s diary but on January 20th both he and Jackson shot bull buffaloes and the background scenery of the photograph resembles that seen in Y30468K/60. The following day Gedge’s diary records that he was ‘busy skinning birds and washing photos’; these are probably the pictures referred to. A duplicate of Y30468K/61 and Y30468K(LS)1/22.

Showing Knowles, Bell and Kahaya seated amongst a group of retainers in front of a thatched house.

Showing Knowles, Bell and Kahaya seated amongst a group of retainers in front of a thatched house.

This collection is composed of archives relating to Glover’s government of Lagos and the Volta campaign during the Second Anglo-Asante War.