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88 x 61 mm. View looking along the beach at Pointe d'Esny on the NE coast near Flacq.

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130 x 80 mm. postcard.

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pen and ink sketch

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pen and ink sketch

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105 x 82 mm.

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105 x 82 mm.

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195 x 146 mm. View looking across the course towards the mountains, with race goers in the foreground. In the background can be seen the obelisk over Governor Malartic's tomb. Photograph by (? William) Baretti.

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200 x 123 mm. Showing Bell and other racegoers grouped in front of the grandstand on the Champ de Mers. Photograph probably by (? William) Baretti.

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Ten pieces of typescript correspondence between the R.C.S. and its members in East Africa asking the latter for reports on the visit of Princess Margaret. There is also an edition of 'The month in Tanganyika', 30 October 1956 (7 pages), describing events in that country, and two photographs of Tanganyika and eight photographs of Mauritius relating to the visit.

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71 x 99 mm. View from the shore looking towards a sailing boat in the bay.

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