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207 x 155 mm. The road leading up to the Red Lion, formerly the Marine barracks.

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205 x 155 mm. View looking down over the Red Lion.

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148 x 103 mm. A view of a cottage verandah.

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150 x 100 mm. A general view of part of the island.

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200 x 150 mm. A view of Georgetown.

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205 x 152 mm. A view of the pier, Georgetown.

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206 x 155 mm. A view of the garden at the Red Lion on Green Mountain.

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205 x 156 mm. A view of the terrace at the Red Lion.

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195 x 140 mm. A view from inland looking towards the garrison area of Georgetown, with the colonnaded Marine Barracks in the centre of the print.

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150 x 103 mm.

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150 x 103 mm.

Scope and Contents 202 x 140 mm. Showing part of the road on Green Mountain leading through a tunnel in the rockface. With graffiti carved on the rocks and a figure standing at the edge of the road. Situated south-east of the centre of the island and rising to a height of 2817 feet, the slopes of Green Mountain form the farming area of the island, where crops introduced by the marine station from 1815 onwards have thrived in the temperate climates. The path seen here encircles the mountain at a height of...

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An undated, framed, coloured engraving, 305 x 253 mm.

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An undated, framed, coloured engraving, 305 x 253 mm.

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An undated, framed, coloured engraving, 305 x 253 mm.

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An undated, framed, coloured engraving, 305 x 253 mm.

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249 x 145 mm. Possibly on Ascension.

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Engravings and watercolours dating mainly from the early nineteenth century, many of which relate to the period of Napoleon's detention on St Helena (1815-1821). There are a number of pieces by George Hutchins Bellasis (1778-1822), who spent eight months on St Helena, 1804-1805, and revisited the island in 1812. The collection includes five coloured engravings and a watercolour sketch of Ascension Island, which was a dependency of St Helena from 1922.

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A watercolour sketch by Emeric Essex Vidal, 310 x 110 mm.

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An undated, framed, coloured engraving depicting Georgetown and Cross Hill, 280 x 253 mm.

Scope and Contents 200 x 146 mm. Showing huge numbers of nesting wideawakes (sooty terns) on Wideawake Plain, with a figure standing among them in the background. The breeding ground of these terns formed a valuable source of food for the naval garrison in the nineteenth century, who took thousands of eggs each year during ythe breeding season; these depredations do not appear to have posed any problems to the bird's survival however, and they were a considerable danger as they nested in their thousands...

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197 x 149 mm. With terns.

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100 x 150 mm. With terns.