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66 watercolours, 150 x 200 mm in size. The captions, including the names of institutions, have been recorded as found and may include language which is offensive, inaccurate or inappropriate. They have been retained to reflect the context of the collection's creation. Notes provided by H.B. Thomas have been incorporated into the description.

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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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206 x 253 mm. glossy print.

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Approximately 220 x 160 mm. Photographer unknown.

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163 x 114 mm. A view showing one of the boats used to transport troops to Wadi Halfa, moored at Aswan.

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45 x 65 mm. Showing a street flanked by very tall stone buildings. Location unidentified, but probably Egypt.

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75 x 45 mm. Showing people and a horse and cart in the street.

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80 x 50 mm. Showing a busy street and a horse and trap (the trap is not visible). Location unidentified but probably Egypt.

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130 x 85 mm. Showing buildings or stores, and laden horse and carts in the road. Location unidentified, but probably Egypt.

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85 x 135 mm. Showing men stood in the road. One has a small load on his head, another a donkey or mule heavily laden with vegetation. Location unidentified, but probably Egypt.

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90 x 130 mm.

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45 x 70 mm.

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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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45 x 65 mm.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: A collection of albums, containing captioned black and white photographs, taken by one, or more, people travelling in the same group. The albums form a photographic account of a six-month long touring holiday.Of the albums, the first ten are all of the same style and manufacture and each has an embossed title on the front. They follow the journey chronologically. The remaining two contain a smaller selection of images from the same journey, again in chronological order. They are...

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223 x 281 mm. Full length studio portrait of two Sudanese warriors, dressed in white and carrying spears. Photographer unknown, probably Zangaki.

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A view looking shorewards, from the harbour at Suez.

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Booklet entitled 'Suez' containing 12 detachable monochrome postcards showing views of Suez, the Canal and Port Said. Published by 'Lévy Fils et Cie, Paris'. The postcards are captioned in English on the front and French on the reverse.

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65 x 40 mm. A view of buildings and boats taken from the sea.

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Booklet entitled 'Souvenir of Suez' containing detachable monochrome postcards showing views of Suez and the Canal. Published by the Cairo Postcard Trust, Cairo. The postcards are captioned in English on the front and French on the reverse.

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299 x 239 mm. A view showing Egyptian labourers at work shifting earth with horse drawn railway trolleys under the supervision of an European overseer. In the background can be seen the funnels of numerous large steamers, and it seems likely that this is Port Ismailia, where Henry Williamson worked as a canal constructor after work had finished on the Aswan Dam. Y3041B/38 may also have been taken in this area.

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66 x 42 mm. Ships in the canal.

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A view showing a small settlement of wooden huts on the bank of the canal.

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A view showing a palm surrounded house on the bank of the canal with a small wooden jetty in the foreground.

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A view from the Canal showing the Cairo express on the bank.