Scope and Contents Copies of books published by Bell or given to him, with one pamphlet he used as a source for 'Obeah':Agricultural and Commercial Society, Antigua, ‘Sir. H. Hesketh Bell’A bound address illustrated with photographs and signed by members of the society, presented to Bell on his departure from the colony on 30 Dec. 1915Bell, Hesketh, ‘Glimpses of a governor’s life’ (London, 1946)Bell, Hesketh, ‘Love in black’ (London, 1911)Bell, Hesketh, ‘Obeah: witchcraft in...

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98 x 72 mm. Showing a race in progress at the Champ de Mars, with spectators in the foreground.

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173 x 231 mm. View looking along a river towards a waterfall, above which is a bridge on which stands a locomotive and various types of passenger carriage. The exact location is unidentified.

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100 x 73 mm. View of the rear of the house from the lawn.

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134 x 82 mm. General view of the house from the garden.

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124 x 78 mm. View of the rear of the house from the lawn.

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84 x 147 mm. View of the waterfall at Reduit.

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60 x 80 mm. View of the waterfall at Reduit.

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...

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330 x 80 mm. 4 photographs joined to form a panorama.

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224 x 169 mm. Showing Bell inspecting a guard of honour on his return to Mauritius.

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140 x 90 mm. Showing Bell arriving by launch.

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110 x 85 mm. HHB and guard of honour.

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110 x 85 mm. HHB by his car.

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110 x 85 mm. Showing HHB in his car as it drives off.

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126 x 77 mm. Showing Mauritius Volunteers parading before Bell at a review held at Vacoas on 19 October 1916.

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100 x 62 mm. View looking across a river (possibly the Tamerin) towards distant mountains.

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136 x 79 mm. View looking across a river towards an unidentified house.

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...

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126 x 77 mm. Showing river view with houses in the foreground.

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...

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A collection of coloured 'oilette' postcards of Mauritius, published by Raphael Tuck and Sons for the British Empire Exhibition 1924.

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136 x 79 mm. An indistinct view from the sea showing the hilly coastline of Rodriguez, 360 miles east of Mauritius.

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...

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93 x 71 mm. Showing a group of uniformed servants standing at the entrance to Le Reduit.