210 x 150 mm.

An undated typescript description of a journey up the Niger March, 1906, 6 pages. Ward visited Forcados, Borutu, Lokoja, Wechisu and Barajuka before travelling by train to Zungeru and continuing her journey by rail. There is also a two-page manuscript fragment containing an account of part of this journey.

100 x 75 mm.

200 x 145 mm.

100 x 85 mm. Y3043KK/17 appears to have been taken on the same occasion.

These letters describe Bell’s service in Nigeria, including tin mines, town planning, railway construction, finance, the efficiency of subordinate officers, official tours, the completion of a new residence at Zaria, leisure, health and the publication of ‘Love in black’ (32 sheets).

205 x 151 mm. A view showing the town, with the confluence of the Niger and the Benue in the background.

205 x 147 mm. A view looking down over the town from a hillside, with the African town in the foreground, European bungalows and other buildings beyond, and the confluence of the Niger and the Benue in the background. Lokoja was the site of the first British Consulate (1859) in Nigeria.

206 x 155 mm. A view looking down over the town from a hillside, with the African village prominent, and other European buildings beyond.

100 x 130 mm.

115 x 85 mm.

80 x 105 mm.

115 x 85 mm.

A description of a journey from Liverpool to Nigeria in 1899, ending with the arrival at Lokoja. This is an undated copy made by Dr Elliott from a written account by Mary Ward.

198 x 148 mm. Showing Bell walking away from a corrugated iron building decorated with flags. Bell's visit is briefly described in his letters of September 1910, although the reception is not mentioned.

196 x 127 mm. Showing a corrugated iron building decorated with flags with chiefs seated around the outside, a guard of honour stationed around the building and spectators in the foreground.

105 x 80 mm.

130 x 100 mm.

140 x 85 mm.

206 x 148 mm. A view looking down on Lokoja.