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A series of mostly uncaptioned slides.

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A collection of programmes, invitations, menus, photographs and other material issued in connection with the Royal Visit to India during 1905-1906.

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85 x 60 mm. Showing people carrying small loads in baskets. Some ruins can be seen in the background. Location unidentified but probably Egypt.

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65 x 110 mm. Showing a group of people stood in the road, only partially visible and stood with their backs to the camera. A young girl is facing and looking directly at the camera. Location unidentified, but probably Egypt.

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78 x 78 mm. A view of 'Pharaoh's Bed', a temple on the island of Philae south of Aswan, with the Nile in the foreground.

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78 x 78 mm. A view showing the pylons of the Temple of Isis on Philae, with the Nile in the foreground.

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78 x 78 mm. A distant view of Philae showing the Temple of Isis and 'Pharaoh's Bed'.

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An album containing photographs relating to Lovett's military service in India and South Africa in the 1870s and 1880s. It also contains photographs of other places visited en route to India.

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An album, labelled on the spine, containing prints of various sizes. The numbering is sequenced from 1 to 131, but 101 is omitted. 14 of these prints are loose (118-131) , and are kept in a separate envelope in the album. Some of the prints are good quality professional work. Some of the photographs are captioned in ink; in other cases the titles have been derived from duplicate copies in Davies' other Indian album or from other photographs of the same scenes.

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40 x 70 mm.

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130 x 85 mm. Showing a temple.

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229 x 289 mm. A view showing one of the pylons at the Temple of Isis on the Island of Philae, finely sculptured with figures and hieroglyphics. At the foot of the pylon sit two young Egyptians in front of a massive granite block carved with hieroglyphs.

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70 x 44 mm.

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140 x 85 mm. Three men and three women sat on the grass having a picnic. There is a handwritten caption beneath the print, of which only the name 'Captain Clarke' is visible. The place name Heliopolis [i.e. Misr al Jadidah] is also written on the album page, and presumably relates to this photograph, among others.

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242 x 192 mm. A view showing an Egyptian farmer ploughing with a camel team, with the Nile in the background.

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83 x 53 mm

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A view showing a dhow in Port Said Harbour.

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A general view of the town from the harbour. The prominent domed building on the waterfront is the Suez Canal Office.

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A view looking across the harbour towards the town, with dhows moored to one of the long harbour breakwaters.

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A view from the harbour looking towards the waterfront.

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A view from the harbour looking towards the waterfront.

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A view showing a street in Port Said.

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A view showing a street in Port Said.

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A view showing an Arab driving a pony-cab in the streets of Port Said.

Scope and Contents From the File: Contains prints, of an approximate size of 80 x 100 mm, mounted on card, six to a page, in a padded black leather album inscribed on the cover India 1905-06 from C.C. and 'Photographs taken by Sir Charles Cust Bt. 1905-06' is written on the fly leaf in Queen Marys hand. Sir Charles Cust took this collection of amateur photographs while accompanying the Royal Party. Most of the photographs have elegant hand-written captiions, but these are not always very explicit - some portraying...