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Two albums containing 295 albumen prints by William Notman, 1870-1875

Two albums containing 295 albumen prints by William Notman

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1870-1875
Albumen print, by Julia Margaret Cameron, woman tea plantation worker. A photographic portrait of a young woman from Ceylon (Sri Lanka), taken by Julia Margaret Cameron (1815-1879) in about 1877. The woman is probably a maidservant or plantation worker.

Woman tea plantation worker, c 1877

Photographs

1872-1879
Albumen print by Thomas Mitchell and George White. Image shows an 'ice foot' in low water at Rawlins Bay, Canada. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page 46 of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 1."

Rawlins Bay, 80° 20’ N - Icefoot, August, low water, small floe-berg aground

Photographs

1875-1876
Albumen print by Thomas Mitchell and George White. Image shows ice floes in Dobbin Bay, Canada. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page 36 of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 1."

79° 40’ N

Photographs

1875-1876
Albumen print by Thomas Mitchell and George White. Image shows ice floes in Dobbin Bay, Canada. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page 37 of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 1."

79° 40’ N

Photographs

1875-1876
Albumen print by Thomas Mitchell and George White. Image shows an iceberg in the bay at Egedesminde, Greenland. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page 44 of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 1."

Egedesminde, Greenland

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1875-1876
Albumen print by Thomas Mitchell and George White. Image shows the HMS Alert anchored near an ice floe in Dobbin Bay, Canada. Taken from the deck of the HMS Discovery. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page 28 of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 1."

Dobbin Bay, 79° 35’ N - "Alert" cutting a dock

Photographs

1875-1876
Albumen print by Thomas Mitchell and George White. Image shows HMS Valorous and HMS Discovery anchored at Disko Island, Greenland. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page 43 of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 1."

Disco, Greenland with HMS Valorous and Discovery

Photographs

1875-1876