202 x 147 mm. A view looking along the narrow gauge railway track which runs along the Commissariat Pier, with ships moored at other piers in the background.

202 x 154 mm. A group of three Commissariat Staff Officers outside their tent. Behind them are an armed soldier, an Arab and a seated camel.

105 x 65 mm. Showing a small fort beyond cultivated land.

175 x 130 mm. A three quarter length portrait of a seated Hadendoa girl. Her hair is in plaits, and she wears arm bands, bangles and necklaces.

110 x 65 mm. A view of the tents and buildings of the camp, with mountains behind.

203 x 151 mm. A view showing G Battery of the Royal Horse Artillery on parade, with mounted gunners at the front of the formation and teams of horses drawing cannons behind.

208 x 153 mm. A general view of the interior of the Indian Commissariat lines, a crowded scene of tents, metal water barrels, boxes and bales of hay.

135 x 85 mm. View looking through the gate at the buildings beyond.

15 x 120 mm. View of the interior, looking towards the gate.

204 x 154 mm. A view showing Kennedy’s grave in the cemetery with an inscription on the headpiece reading ‘In memory of Coy Sergt Major Kennedy R.E., killed 22nd March 1885’. Presumably he was killed at the battle of Tofrik.

203 x 150 mm. A view showing Lieutenant Askwith’s grave and headstone in the cemetery situated on the mainland shore north east of Quarantine Island near the harbour entrance. The head piece reads ‘In memory of Lieut. W.B. Askwith R.E. aged 26 years killed at Suakin 27th Feb 1885’. Askwith was an engineer concerned with placing mines in advance of the redoubts and was killed when a faulty mine he was examining exploded.

205 x 155 mm. A view showing Dalison’s grave with an inscription on the headpiece reading 'Lieut H. Dalison Scots Guards killed in action 20th March 1885'.

202 x 154 mm. A group portrait of 15 officers of the 9th Bengal Cavalry.

196 x 146 mm. A view showing a group of labourers with a few European officers standing behind them. In the background are piles of provisions and stores.

65 x 105 mm. A three quarter length portrait of a seated girl.

65 x 105 mm. A three quarter length portrait of a seated girl. The garment she wears, and her jewellery, has been hand tinted red.

65 x 105 mm. A three quarter length portrait of a seated girl. She has scarification marks on her cheeks, and the garment she wears, and her jewellery, has been hand tinted red.

65 x 105 mm. A three quarter length portrait of a seated girl. She has scarification marks on her cheeks.

199 x 149 mm. A distant view of the Handub railway station with the tents of the encampment visible beyond and the gun emplacement on the overlooking hill at the right of the print.

205 x 152 mm. A view showing a corral of horses with the Royal Engineers’ tents beyond. One of the two gun emplacements on the hills overlooking the Handub zariba can be seen in the background of the print.

110 x 90 mm. View of a small brick fort.

204 x 153 mm. A view looking south from Handub over a narrow strip of flat desert on which the Suakin-Berber railway can be seen with the Waratab mountains beyond.

203 x 151 mm. A view looking westward over part of the camp from Signallers’ Hill (which is probably the hill at the right of the preceding print) with the Otao railway stretching away into the desert. The layout of the camp is clearly seen here with rows of tents erected inside a zariba of thorny mimosa trees. Shallow wells have been dug outside the stockade.

197 x 151 mm. A similar view to Y3042A/36 but looking in a more westerly direction. Waratab Hill is the small fortified emplacement beyond the railway and at the foot of the Waratab Mountains. In the foreground hoses can be seen leading from small wells to standpipes.

206 x 149 mm. A similar view to Y3042A/36 and 37 but again looking in a more westerly direction (the three prints could be joined to form an overlapping panorama). The Handub railway station, such as it is, is at the right of the print.