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113 x 177 mm. A view looking out over shipping in Gibraltar Bay from a rock embrasure (opening) in the Galleries.

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Very light outline of a sketch revealing little detail. It is possible that this caption upon the reverse of the sketch may refer to a facing image which is now lost.

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112 x 177 mm. A view looking north from the Galleries towards the cemetery, with the sea in the distance.

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163 x 94 mm. A view looking south from outside the northern section of the town, showing the Moorish Castle on the hillside and part of the town beneath.

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69 x 112 mm. Pen and ink drawing. A view looking out onto a courtyard.

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262 x 202 mm. General view of Gibraltar from the Spanish mainland.

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177 x 126 mm. A view from the Spanish mainland looking across the bay of Gibraltar towards the rock.

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177 x 126 mm. A distant view of the Rock from Spanish soil.

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217 x 167 mm. A view showing the Rock, with the harbour and town visible in the distance.

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205 x 156 mm. Showing the entrance to the Alameda Gardens.

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Frome created a series of sketchbooks of various formats during his travels. Numbers 1 (Canada) and 4-5 (Mauritius) were missing when the collection came to Cambridge. The RCS sold numbers 2-3 (Australia) to the Art Gallery of South Australia in 1970. Numbers 6-7 and 11 had never been presented to the society. The great majority of the contents of the seven sketchbooks listed below had been removed in London, leaving only a few rough pieces.

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66 x 44 mm.

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Postcards showing views in Gibraltar.

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General view.

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Loose miscellaneous monochrome postcards (original photographs). Published by Beanland, Malin and Co. (23-28, 36-52), Real Photo Production (29-30), unknown (31) and L. Sacarello (32-35).

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Correspondence regarding an article on Gibraltar by Carrington.

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435 x 155 mm. A panoramic view.

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207 x 161 mm. A view from north of the town looking towards the sheer northern face of the rock. The old Moorish Castle can be seen at the right hand side of the print.

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200 x 132 mm. A view looking over rooftops of the town of Gibraltar towards the rocky hillside beyond.

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208 x 155 mm. General view of the rock of Gibraltar. Frith series photograph.

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178 x 122 mm. Pen-and-ink drawing. A view of the Moorish Castle above Gibraltar town.

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208 x 155 mm. Glossy black and white print of an aerial view of Governor's Parade and Garrison Library. Probably taken from an aircraft of HMS 'Furious', circa 1927.

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Loose miscellaneous monochrome postcards (original photographs). Published by Beanland, Malin and Co. (23-28, 36-52), Real Photo Production (29-30), unknown (31) and L. Sacarello (32-35).

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Loose monochrome postcards showing views in Gibraltar. Published by A. Beanland (16), Benzaquen and Co (17-19) and V.B. Cumbo (20-22).

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...