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283 x 390 mm reproduction of Frome's pencil drawing sold by the RCS to the Agnes Etherington Art Centre of Queen’s University, Kingston. The original had been housed in Album 6, number 196. Two copies.

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A view from the ramparts of Fort Henry overlooking Lake Ontario, with two tourists and a soldier in the foreground.

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Reproductions of original artwork by Frome

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425 x 135 mm. A general panorama with the Acting Governor standing by the memorial before unveiling, taken from a building in Church Street and showing the entire parade. The plan of the ceremony on the Order of Service and the clarity of the photograph make it possible to identify the service units and the various local bodies - Boy Scouts, police, disabled soldiers in wheel chairs, etc. A photographer with a tripod camera is in the foreground.

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238 x 182 mm. A view, looking inland, of a residential area of Kingston probably taken from a tall building. A different section of Harbour Street can be seen in Y307A/5.

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213 x 127 mm. A view from ground level of an unsurfaced street junction in Kingston, with a number of commercial premises discernible. There appear to be ‘channels’ cut into the road surface probably made by the wheels of carts. A number of people can be seen along the sides of the street outside the buildings. A different section of Harbour Street can be seen in Y307A/3.

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218 x 129 mm. A view of a road with tracks presumably for horse-drawn trams, with a number of commercial premises on either side of the street. The photograph was taken looking down from a height above the tops of almost all the visible buildings.

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214 x 138 mm. A view looking down on to a crowded street in Kingston full of people milling around and horse-drawn carriages. Most people seem to be dressed formally, although it is impossible to tell whether this is a specific occasion.

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209 x 119 mm. A view from ground level of an unsurfaced street in Kingston, with a number of commercial premises discernible. Only a handful of people can be seen standing in the distance.

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213 x 131 mm. A view looking over a busy market place. There are no fixed stalls, instead people are either trading from the back of horse-drawn carts or from woven baskets on the ground. A number of horses and donkeys are tied up around the edge of the marketplace. The majority of people appear to be trading fruit and vegetables including bananas.

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238 x 175 mm. A view looking across the lawn towards the Governor’s Residence, a two storey building with louvred windows. The building was destroyed in the earthquake of 1907 and replaced by the building designed by Sir Charles Nicholson (see Y3073B/15).

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241 x 187 mm.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: A limp-bound book, number 36 of a numbered edition of 100, containing photogravure plates and coloured illustrations by various artists. Each page is preceded by a sheet containing the title and description; in most cases only the title is given in the typescript catalogue. Unless otherwise stated, the illustrations are full-page sepia photogravure, approximately 225 x 175 mm; the half-page coloured illustrations are c.125 x 85 mm.The title page reads 'His Royal Highness the Prince...

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334 x 500 mm reproduction of Frome's pencil drawing sold by the RCS to the Agnes Etherington Art Centre of Queen’s University, Kingston. The original had been housed in Album 6, number 187.

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227 x 450 mm reproduction of Frome's pencil drawing sold by the RCS to the Agnes Etherington Art Centre of Queen’s University, Kingston. The original had been housed in Album 6, number 189.

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215x132mm. View from the top of the Victoria Market looking north along King Street towards the Victoria Gardens. The tower and spire of the Parish Church can be seen in the distance. A line of horse-drawn trams can be seen in the middle ground.

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270 x 490 mm reproduction of Frome's ink and pencil drawing sold by the RCS to the Agnes Etherington Art Centre of Queen’s University, Kingston. The original had been housed in Album 6, number 191.

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Pencil drawing.

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370 x 300 mm.

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370 x 300 mm. Daily Gleaner photograph.

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117 x 147 mm. The caption on the reverse reads 'The Manager of the Kingston slaughter house, Dr. G.O. Rushie-Grey, lectures students on meat inspection'.

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241 x 178 mm. A view looking over the gutted houses and commercial premises with the hills behind Kingston visible in the distance. The fire on Dec 11 1882 destroyed some 570 houses in the commercial district of Kingston, leaving 6000 homeless and causing damage estimated at £220,000. This was twenty years after a fire of 1862 had caused similar damage to the same area. See also

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105 x 160 mm. Showing Colonel Herbert Bryan, who performed the ceremony in the absence of the Governor Sir Leslie Probyn, standing beside the cross. (Sir) Herbert Bryan (1865-1950) had a distinguished career as a soldier, and was Colonial Secretary of the Gold Coast 1904-1914, and of Jamaica 1914-1925, though he was absent from the post when on active service in World War I (dispatches five times, D.S.O.), K.B.E. 1925.

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178 x 228 mm.

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This is a reproduction of a sketch made by General Edward Frome, RCMS 40/3/8, while he worked on the construction of the Rideau Canal in Canada between 1827 and 1832.