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Call Number:

PH-01083

Collection Name:

Royal Engineers' Institute (Great Britain) Photography Collection

Creator:

Royal Engineers' Institute (Great Britain)

No. of Items:

12 photographs

Span Dates:

circa 1860-1869

Description:

Nine albumen prints by the British Royal Engineers' Institute photography class, which was founded in 1856 (964:0752:0001-0009), and three albumen prints by an Institute photographer who accompanied the Abyssinian Expedition of 1869 (981:0020:0005-0007).

964:0752:0001 -- Tree, Brompton, Kent, 1860;
964:0752:0002 -- Sherwood Forest, n.d.;
964:0752:0003 -- Study of Leaves, 1860;
964:0752:0004 -- Fallen Dead Tred, Windsor Forest, 1860;
964:0752:0005 -- Oak, Windsor Forest, 1860;
964:0752:0006 -- Old Oak, Windsor Forest, 1860;
964:0752:0007 -- Virginia Water, Windsor, 1860;
964:0752:0008 -- Cobham Wood, Kent, 1865;
964:0752:0009 -- Cobham Wood, Kent, 1865;
981:0020:0005 -- Captain Speedy, n.d.;
981:0020:0006 -- Boy Prince, n.d.;
981:0020:0007 -- Musician, n.d.

Accession No(s):

964:0752:0001-0009; 981:0020:0005-0007

Location(s):

R Box, Medium (981:0020:0005-0007)
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R Box, Large (964:0752:0001-0003)
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R Box, Extra Large (964:0752:0004-0009)
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