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A collection of captioned glass negatives illustrating the CMS's work.

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A collection of captioned glass negatives illustrating the CMS's work.

Scope and Contents This collection consists of printed published volumes illustrated with albumen prints tipped on to the leaves with detailed text accompanying each photograph.The landscape and monumental remains of Egypt and the Middle East had exercised a profound fascination upon the European imagination for centuries, but it was only in the 19th century - and particularly after the impetus of Napolean's Egyptian campaign of 1798 - that visitors arrived in any great numbers. Scholars, adventurers...

Scope and Contents Ten volumes of cuttings from 'The field', including a few articles from other publications, and loose cuttings concerning the Malay Peninsula. The volumes concern countries throughout the world, but in particular Australia, British East Africa (Kenya), Canada, India, New Zealand, Nigeria, Rhodesia, South Africa, Uganda, United States and the West Indies. The articles cover a wide range of subjects, including administration, agriculture, the British Empire, climate, colonisation,...

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A collection of autograph letters with a list compiled by Bell. Those of particular interest include eight letters from Neville Chamberlain, whom Bell met in the Bahamas in 1895, and nine letters from Robert Dolbey, the army medical officer and Professor of Surgery at the University of Cairo, whom Bell appointed as his literary executor (circa 150 sheets).

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A folder containing loose heliogravure monochrome postcards of scenes in and around Bethlehem (set of twelve plus one duplicate). The postcards are captioned on the front and on the reverse they are numbered and the title is translated into French and German. Photographed and published by Lehnert and Landrock, Kamel Street, Cairo.

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The title is in French, English, Spanish, Italian and German. Numbered '29' on the reverse.

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Numbered '638' on the reverse.

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Numbered '640' on the reverse.

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Numbered '639' on the reverse.

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Numbered '639' on the reverse.

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Numbered '637' on the reverse.

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Numbered '636' on the reverse.

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Numbered '641' on the reverse.

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Numbered '643' on the reverse.

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Numbered '644' on the reverse.

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Numbered '642' on the reverse.

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Title stamped in French, English and German.

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Numbered '645' on the reverse.

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316 x 249 mm. General view looking across terraced fields on the hillside towards the convent and village. The print is signed: 'Robertson Beato and Co'.

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The prints listed were chiefly from the files of the Photo Bureau, the majority being mounted on sheets of paper with substantial descriptions, and in many cases the negative attached. Titles and captions, including the names of institutions, have been recorded as found. Captions supplied by the cataloguer are enclosed in square brackets.

Scope and Contents Album of photographs by various photographers inscribed 'H.M.S. Lancaster; Mediterranean Photographic Album: Diary of Events and Important Places Visited during the Commission 1910-1912' on the cover. This album was the property of Sydney Harold Liddle, whose name also appears on the front cover.There are two unnumbered plates followed by 190 prints, 140 x 97 mm numbered from 9 to 197, followed by a further unnumbered print. There is no indication as to why numbers 1-8 are not...

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Two diaries describing Williams' visit. Many of the entries appear to be paraphrases or copies of guide book entries.

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An album of photographs of scenes within Egypt and Palestine.