204 x 151 mm. A view showing a small group of officers posed among sandy scrubland and thorny mimosa trees at Handub.

204 x 148 mm. A view showing the ‘Dolphin’ anchored in the creek north of Quarantine Island. The ‘Dolphin’ stayed at this location just off the Ordnance Depot for most of the campaign. As well as firing into the desert to the west when groups of Sudanese were pinpointed, the ‘Dolphin’ also possessed an electric searchlight for spotting the Sudanese at night.

205 x 155 mm. A view looking along No 3 Pier at the south-east corner of Quarantine Island towards the troopship ‘Jumna’ which transported the Scots’ Guards back to England on May 17th, the same day General Graham departed from Suakin.

105 x 60 mm. Showing a black horse and handler.

95 x 115 mm. A group of three horses and three men.

202 x 155 mm. A view showing the hospital ship ‘Ganges’ at anchor in Suakin Harbour.

203 x 152 mm. A fine example of a Suakin coral house in the Turkish style showing particularly well the elaborately carved ‘roshans’ (casement windows) and ‘roshan’ cornices.

208 x 161 mm. A view showing a row of coral houses of varying design. In the open courtyard in the foreground are rough huts similar to those seen in Y3042A/56.

206 x 159 mm. A closer view of the house seen at the right of Y3042A/58.

202 x 156 mm. A view inside the stockade showing the entrance to Colonel Walcott’s Office consisting of an awning spread over the gap between two piles of baled hay.

207 x 153 mm. A view looking northwest towards the piles of provisions in the Indian Commissariat Lines, with the masts of a ship visible beyond and the houses of El Geif (the mainland suburb of Suakin) in the distance. The Indian Commissariat Lines were situated on the mainland south of Suakin Island and east of El Geif. In the distance at the right can be seen the Caravanserai (see Y3042A/55).

207 x 155 mm. Another view of the Indian Commissariat lines showing tents and a permanent structure inside a tall stockade built from sacks of hay.

205 x 150 mm. A group portrait of Indian and English officers posed on the deck of the ‘Czarewitch’ beneath an awning. During the campaign the ‘Czarewitch’ was used as a hospital ship for the Indian contingent.

203 x 150 mm. A group portrait of 16 Indian officers of the 15th Sikhs.

110 x 65 mm. Showing buildings, small and large, in an unidentified town

110 x 65 mm. Showing two horses with their handlers.

80 x 130 mm. A view of a large white gateway. Also known as Shata Gate.

80 x 135 mm. View looking through to the buildings beyond.

203 x 152 mm. A group portrait of General Graham and his Heads of Departments, taken beneath the awning of the tent seen in Y3042A/27 and Y3042A/28.

170 x 125 mm. A group portrait showing General Graham, Commander of the Suakin campaign, standing with his staff beneath a tent awning. All the group are holding their pith helmets.

198 x 158 mm. Similar to Y3042A/27 but with the officers wearing their pith helmets.

202 x 151 mm. A group portrait of the general seated with three of his staff.

206 x 157 mm. A view looking across an open courtyard towards the store, a fine example of the coral architecture of Suakin with particularly large and impressive ‘roshans’, the characteristic casement windows made of Java teak openings, carvings and other embellishments. A group of Arabs and a few Europeans stand in the courtyard facing the photographer.

210 x 160 mm. General view.

210 x 160 mm. General view.