| Title |
Northern Nigeria and the Leeward Islands 1911-14 |
| Reference |
Y3011E |
| Creator |
Various |
| Covering Dates |
1911–1914 |
| Extent and Medium |
64 images in 1 album; Generally in good condition. |
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| Content and context |
A scrapbook album containing prints of various sizes by various photographers (including Jose Anjo). The majority of the prints are captioned in Bell's hand. Captions composed for this catalogue are enclosed in square brackets. Only a few photographs relate to Northern Nigeria (prints 4-17 and 53), the majority dating from Bell's period as Governor of the Leeward Islands. The most extensively documented event in the album is the visit of Princess Marie Louise of Schleswig Holstein to Antigua in 1913. |
| Further information |
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Indexed
This album is available on microfiche: General Collections, fiche numbers 6-7.
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| Index Terms |
| Africa |
| Leeward Islands |
| Lesser Antilles |
| Nigeria |
| West Indies |
| RCS/Y3011C-N/Y3011E contains: |
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1
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Tregothnan [Truro] April [1911]. 107 x 77 mm. A dark print showing the front façade and part of the garden at Tregothnan the home of Lord and Lady Falmouth. Bell spent a weekend at the house while on a short tour of the West Country with a party headed by Princess Mary of Teck.
Creator: Unknown.
Fair condition.. |
Apr. 1911 |
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2
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May 1911. 156 x 109 mm. Showing Bell seated on a horse.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
May 1911 |
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3
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Sharwell's, Milford on Sea. May [1911]. 165 x 121 mm. Showing Bell seated on a garden bench with two young children. No further information has been found as to the identity of the Sharwells.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
May 1911 |
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4
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Reception at Baro, Sept. 1911. 135 x 85 mm. Showing the decorations, with an arch of welcome and a carpet leading down to the riverside: 'We left Lokoja on my old yacht the Corona on the 30th and arrived next day at Baro. The wharf there was beautifully decorated with a very large and elaborate Arch and Venetian masts. The Railway staff must have taken a great deal of trouble over it and it was all very gratifying. We dined with the Director of Railways on the top of the hill and left by train at midnight.' (Bell 1911, September 8).
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
Sep. 1911 |
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5
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Making the railway track. 103 x 77 mm. Showing African labourers at work on the Baro-Kano Railway.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
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6
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A manatee. 73 x 103 mm. Showing the seal-like body of a recently captured manatee on the bank of the Niger, with Bell standing in the background.
Creator: Unknown.
Fair condition.. |
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7
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My orderly Issa with Johnnie. 75 x 102 mm. Showing Issa standing beside Bell's dog.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
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8
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Bull given to me by the Chief of Wukari. 76 x 103 mm. Showing a large hump-necked bullock.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
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9
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Chief of Wukari. 76 x 102 mm. Showing the Chief of Wukari (Benue Province) dressed in an ornate robe, with a large group of Africans in the background. No mention of the chief has been found in Bell (1911).
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
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10
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Horse presented by Emir of Yola. 77 x 103 mm. A slightly blurred view showing the horse, wearing an embroidered saddle, held by the bridle by an African.
Creator: Unknown.
Fair condition.. |
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11
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Yola horseman. 105 x 77 mm. Showing a Yola horseman seated on his mount, the animal dressed in a padded protective suiting decorated with a pattern of checks and triangles.
Creator: Unknown.
Fair condition, slight fading.. |
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12
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Bodyguard of Emir of Yola. 105 x 78 mm. Showing a group of the Emir's bodyguard.
Creator: Unknown.
Fair condition, slight fading.. |
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13
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[Horse presented by Emir of Yola]. 77 x 104 mm. A slightly blurred view showing the horse, wearing an embroidered saddle, held by the bridle by an African.
Creator: Unknown.
Fair condition.. |
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14
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Yola horseman. 76 x 102 mm. Showing a horseman seated on his mount which is dressed in a padded protective suiting which is patterned.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition, apart from slight fading.. |
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15
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Government Lodge at Zaria. 115 x 88 mm. A view of the drawing room of Bell's house in Zaria.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
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16
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Dorothy Nerll. 1912. 53 x 53 mm. Circular print mounted on card. A head and shoulders portrait of an elderly woman. No biographical details are available but a letter to Bell, pasted in the scrapbook beside the photograph gives her address as 45 Charles Street, Mayfair.
Creator: Dover Street Studios.
Good condition.. |
1912 |
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17
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[?Emir of Zaria]. 112 x 85 mm. Showing the Emir (not positively identified) and two other figures (possibly also Emirs) seated on the verandah of Government House, Zaria. A group of children is seated on the steps in the foreground.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition, apart from slight fading.. |
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18
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Sylvania. 1912. 128 x 79 mm. Showing Bell and an unidentified couple standing in front of the verandah of the bungalow of Sylvania, Bell's experimental plantation in Dominica.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
1912 |
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19
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St. John's [i.e. Saint Johns] Antigua. 292 x 228 mm. A view from the hill behind the town looking out over St. John's towards the harbour. In the harbour at the right can be seen Rat Island, connected to the mainland by a narrow causeway and at this period housing a signal station and a leper asylum. In the foreground of the photograph stands a lighthouse, with a water reservoir beyond and the twin towers of the Cathedral visible on the skyline.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
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20
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English Harbour [i.e. Saint Johns], Antigua. 290 x 217 mm. A view from Ordnance Bay looking south along English Harbour to the sea. In the middle distance, jutting out into the bay from the right, is the dockyard of English Harbour. Situated on the south coast of Antigua 12 miles from St. John's the dockyard works were substantially completed by 1746 although the surviving buildings are of later date. The dockyard was abandoned in 1889 although the harbour itself was used by men of war until the mid 1890's and for several years following this English Harbour was the port of call for steamers of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company. On the hillside opposite the dockyard stands Clarence House, built for the accommodation of Prince William Henry (afterwards Duke of Clarence and King William IV) who was on the Leeward Islands Station in command of H.M.S. Pegasus in 1787. On the farthest spit of land, nearest the ocean, stood Fort Berkeley, which, together with the Horse Shoe Battery on the eastern entrance, formed the harbour's seaward defences.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
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21
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The Cathedral. 278 x 200 mm. A view from the road looking up towards the twin-towered west façade of the Cathedral of St. John's, Antigua. The building replaces the earlier church which was destroyed by an earthquake in 1843. The corner stone of the later building was laid in 1845 and the cathedral opened for worship in 1847 although not completed until the following year.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
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22
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Harbour of St. John's [i.e. Saint Johns]. 285 x 203 mm. A view looking across the harbour to the town of St. John's from Rat Island. Overlooking the town are the twin towers of the Cathedral.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
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23
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Council Chamber. 232 x 174 mm. A view looking across the St. John's Legislative Council Chamber towards the coat of arms and the portraits of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra hanging on the far wall.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
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24
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Masqueraders. 232 x 175 mm. Showing a group of masqueraders dressed for carnival, surrounded by a group of laughing Antiguan youths.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
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25
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The Bell Jetty. 129 x 79 mm. A view looking along the jetty at Roseau which is decorated with flags in honour of Bell's visit to Dominica in July 1912. At the end of the jetty stands an arch with messages of welcome from the Dominica Guardian, the Voice of Dominica and the people of Dominica: 'Lovely weather and everything propitious for the reception which the good folk gave me. The Administrator, Mr. Young, and good old Porter came off to the ship and we all went ashore together. The harbour was full of boats and canoes dressed with flags and the 'Bell Jetty' and the wharves were very gay with bunting, triumphal arches, and other decorations ... I could not help feeling, however, that the reception was not quite up to the one they gave me three years ago, but that could hardly be expected.' (Bell 1912, July 20).
Creator: Unknown.
Fair condition, slight fading.. |
July 1912 |
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26
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Bendal's Stream. 76 x 105 mm. A view looking along Bendal's Stream which formed part of the Antiguan water supply.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
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27
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Spring at Otto's. 212 x 160 mm. Showing newly excavated tanks created to store water from the spring at Otto's. By the end of 1912 Antigua had suffered from three successive years of drought which culminated in an almost total failure of supply in St. John's, although the situation was saved by heavy showers in October and November. Much work was done during 1912 to improve matters: the damming of Bendal's Stream, the clearing of springs, the digging of wells and the building of a dam across the Body Ponds south-east of St. John's. Otto's Estate, adjoining St. John's was the property of John Joseph Camacho, a member of the Leeward Islands Legislative Council.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
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28
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Making hats, Antigua. 155 x 115 mm. Showing a group of Antiguan women weaving straw hats.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
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29
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Cecil Otway. 75 x 101 mm. A head and shoulders profile portrait of Cecil Otway. No biographical details available. Photograph by J. Weston of Folkestone.
Creator: Weston, J, fl 1913, photographer.
Good condition.. |
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30
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Fort James. 101 x 74 mm. Showing Bell and a group of men and women posing for their photographs beside a cannon on the ramparts of Fort James which defends the northern approaches to St. John's.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
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31
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H.M.S. Melpomene. 89 x 87 mm. Showing the British battleship at anchor. Bell travelled on the Melpomene on an official visit to Barbuda in September 1912.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
Sep. 1912 |
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32
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Barbuda. 88 x 87 mm. Showing a small fishing boat anchored at a wharf in Barbuda.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
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33
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Mounted escort, Antigua. 87 x 88 mm. Showing Bell's mounted escort lined up beneath a group of trees, probably in the driveway of Government House.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
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34
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Capt. Mann. 88 x 86 mm. Showing Bell's A.D.C. Captain Mann standing on the verandah of a bungalow and holding a large crab in his right hand. By August 1913 Mann had returned to England to rejoin his regiment.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
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35
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[Carriage outside Government House, Antigua]. 88 x 87 mm. Showing Bell and an unidentified figure (in white uniform and plumed hat) seated in a carriage on the driveway in front of Government House.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
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36
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Antigua Cricket Club. 193 x 244 mm. Showing the Antiguan Cricket team posed with Bell around the Challenge Cup presented by him in April 1913. On the other side of the shield sits Lieutenant Colonel Wilfred Bennett Davidson-Houston (1870-1960), Commissioner of Montserrat.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
Apr. 1913 |
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37
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Presentation of prizes, Inter-Island Sports, April 1913. 124 x 87 mm. Showing Bell and a bearded figure standing behind a table on which stand the Challenge Cup and other trophies. For Bell's description of the sports, see Bell (1913), April 26. The bearded figure is possibly William Henry Whyam (born 1848), a member of the Executive and Legislative Councils of Antigua and the Leeward Islands at various times. The figure seated on the left in the front row is probably the Captain, Mr Peters.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
Apr. 1913 |
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38
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Presentation of prizes, Inter-Island Sports, April 1913. 124 x 86 mm. Showing Bell addressing the spectators in the stands at the prize-giving.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
Apr. 1913 |
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39
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Presentation of prizes, Inter-Island Sports, April 1913. 117 x 87 mm. Showing Bell addressing the spectators in the stands at the prize-giving.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
Apr. 1913 |
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40
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[Presentation of prizes, Inter-Island Sports, April 1913]. 123 x 98 mm. Showing Bell presenting a prize to a winner.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
Apr. 1913 |
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41
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[Presentation of prizes, Inter-Island Sports, April 1913]. 123 x 100 mm. A slightly blurred print showing Bell presenting the Inter-Island Cricket Challenge Shield, probably to Mr. Peters, captain of the winning Antigua team (possibly James Edwards Peters, appointed Clerk to the Magistrate in 1895).
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
Apr. 1913 |
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42
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Challenge Shield for Inter-Island Cricket. Presented 1913. 151 x 206 mm. A close up view of the shield.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
Apr. 1913 |
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43
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Daniel Parke, Governor of Antigua. Killed 1710. 148 x 187 mm. A photograph of a half-length portrait (artist unknown) showing Daniel Parkes standing beside a globe holding a pair of dividers. After service in the army under Marlborough, Parkes (1669-1710) was appointed Governor of the Leewards in 1706. He was murdered by insurrectionists in Antigua on December 7 1710.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
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44
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[Arrival of Princess Marie Louise of Schleswig Holstein in Antigua, March 29 1913]. 72 x 72 mm. A circular print showing the small steamer carrying Princess Marie Louise and her entourage approaching the pier at St. John's. A grand-daughter of Queen Victoria, Princess Marie Louise (1872-1956) was asked to convey a message of goodwill from George V to his West Indian subjects and during her Caribbean tour also opened an inter-colonial exhibition in Barbados. She stayed in Antigua for two days, visiting English Harbour, the Central Sugar Factory at Gunthorpes, and the hospital and poor house.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
Mar. 29 1913 |
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45
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[Welcoming Princess Marie Louise to Antigua]. 126 x 88 mm. Showing groups of European women seated beneath the decorated verandahs of the buildings lining the street leading to the landing stage. Part of the welcoming committee can be seen in the background.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
Mar. 29 1913 |
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46
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[Princess Marie Louise inspecting the Guard of Honour]. 125 x 85 mm. Showing Princess Marie Louise walking between the two ranks of the Guard of Honour shortly after her arrival in Antigua.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
Mar. 29 1913 |
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47
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[Arrival of Princess Marie Louise in Antigua]. 290 x 230 mm. Showing an unidentified figure reading an address of welcome to Princess Marie Louise on her arrival in Antigua. On the left stands a group of Antiguan and European members of the welcoming committee, faced on the right by members of the Princess' entourage. Bell stands in the centre of the group beneath the flag draped marquee erected near the landing stage in the Princess' honour.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
Mar. 29 1913 |
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48
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[Street decorations in St. John's Antigua, in honour of the visit of Princess Marie Louise]. 245 x 197 mm. A view looking along High Street, St. John's, with crowds lining the roadway and a large decorated arch of welcome in the foreground. Bell's description of the Princess' visit, and his assessment of her character, can be found in a letter in which he mentions the success of the decorations: 'The decorations etc were really extraordinarily good and the local photographer [Jose Anjo] has taken a lot of excellent pictures of them.' (Bell 1913, April 6).
Creator: Anjo, José, c 1870-1950, photographer.
Good condition.. |
Mar. 29 1913 |
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49
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[Street decorations in St. John's Antigua in honour of the visit of Princess Marie Louise]. 246 x 197 mm. A view from the landing stage looking along the High Street towards the arch of welcome with crowds lining the street and looking down from the verandah of the Public Library in the right foreground. In the middleground a mounted guard is stationed on either side of the street, while a carriage, presumably containing the princess' party drives towards the arch of welcome.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
Mar. 29 1913 |
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50
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[Group at Government House, St. John's]. 218 x 281 mm. A group photograph of Princess Marie Louise's party and Bell taken on the steps of Government House. Apart from Bell and Princess Marie Louise, members of this group have not been individually identified, but probably include the following figures mentioned by Bell: Mabel Hawkes, her lady-in-waiting; Benyon, her equerry; Clowes, a friend; Alice Harrington-Stuart from St. Vincent, who also accompanied the Princess on a tour of the Gold Coast; and Mrs. Gideon Myrray, Alice Harrington-Stuart's sister.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
Mar. 1913-Apr. 1913 |
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51
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[Address of welcome to Antigua presented to Princess Marie Louise 1913]. 141 x 290 mm. A photographic copy of the three page address of welcome, embellished with paintings of Antiguan scenes, presented to Princess Marie Louise by the Antiguan Agricultural and Commercial Society. The print is stamped on the reverse: 'Photograph and Copyright by José Anjo, St. John's, Antigua, B.W.I.'.
Creator: Anjo, José, c 1870-1950, photographer.
Good condition.. |
Mar. 1913 |
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52
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[Arrival of Princess Marie Louise in St. John's]. 284 x 231 mm. A view from the arch of welcome looking along the High Street towards the landing stage, with crowds on each side of the road watching the carriage carrying the royal party. The print is stamped on the reverse: 'Photograph and Copyright by José Anjo, St. John's, Antigua, B.W.I.'.
Creator: Anjo, José, c 1870-1950, photographer.
Good condition.. |
Mar. 29 1913 |
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53
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My house at Zaria in 1913. 100 x 75 mm. Showing the front façade of the Government Lodge at Zaria, occupied by Bell during his period as Governor of Northern Nigeria. The house is described by Bell in a letter as a pleasant building with well-tended gardens, although 'the Engineer afflicted it with a porch of such an absolutely revolting style that I am going to have the offending part pulled down and rebuilt after my own ideas.' (Bell 1911, October 11). Bell's transfer to the Leeward Islands appears to have precluded this plan.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
1913 |
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54
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[Arrival of Princess Marie Louise in Antigua, March 29 1913]. 124 x 98 mm. Showing Bell and Princess Marie Louise talking to one another beneath the decorated marquee erected on the St. John's landing stage.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
Mar. 29 1913 |
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55
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[Princess Marie Louise arriving at Government House, Antigua]. 125 x 86 mm. Showing Bell, Princess Marie Louise and two other figures seated in a carriage standing in the driveway of Government House.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
Mar. 1913-Apr. 1913 |
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56
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[Group at Government House, Saint Johns Antigua]. 291 x 229 mm. A group photograph of Princess Marie Louise's party and Bell taken on the steps of Government House. The print is stamped on the reverse: 'Photograph and Copyright by José Anjo, St. John's, Antigua, B.W.I.'.
Creator: Anjo, José, c 1870-1950, photographer.
Good condition.. |
Mar. 1913-Apr. 1913 |
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57
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Government House, Montserrat. 118 x 88 mm. A view showing the driveway and gabled front façade of Government House: 'The new Government House is quite a delightful place with one of the most beautiful gardens I have ever seen. I call it the 'Garden of lovely tones' for the shadows under the big trees are full of the softest violets and greens and rose. I wish I had it in Antigua. [Davidson-]Houston was rather a pet of my predecessor who allowed him almost carte blanche when building this house. The result is that it has already cost over £4000 and is not yet finished. The place is out of all proportion to the little Colony and the local complaints are loud ...' (Bell 1913, July 15).
Creator: Unknown.
Fair condition, some overall fading.. |
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58
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[Antiguan children going to church]. 88 x 87 mm. Showing a group of children wearing white dresses and carrying parasols.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
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59
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[Sir Henry Hesketh Bell]. 87 x 87 mm. Showing Bell standing in uniform on the steps of Government House, St. John's.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
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60
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[Benyon]. A print with some fogging showing Bell's A.D.C. Benyon standing in uniform on the steps of Government House, St. John's. No further biographical details available.
Creator: Unknown.
Fair condition.. |
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61
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Jack Walpole. 88 x 88 mm. Showing Jack Walpole standing on the steps of Government House, St. John. No biographical details concerning Walpole have been found, but he may be the Jack frequently mentioned in Bell's letters who came to Antigua to convalesce in December 1912: 'I found that the Lear trio had arrived alright the day before and were comfortably installed at Govt. House. They were all looking well but poor Jack has, since then, had one of his rather bad attacks. The doctor told Nell that his heart is really in a most serious state and I judged from what he said that the poor little chap is in a very bad way.' (Bell 1912, December 18).
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
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62
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[General Legislative Council of the Leeward Islands, March 1914]. 250 x 196 mm. A group photograph of the administrators assembled for the meeting of the General Legislative Council of the Leeward Islands which was opened by Bell on March 17 1914. This is no doubt the photograph mentioned by Bell in his letter : 'Very good photos of myself and my lieutenants and staff were taken, in our uniforms, and you will see them later.' (Bell 1914, March 28). Figures positively identified in the photograph are:. Sir Henry Hesketh Bell, seated in centre of group. Sir Thomas Laurence Roxburgh (1853-1945) seated at right. Roxburgh served in the Colonial Civil Service in Jamaica for some years and was Administrator of St. Christopher and Nevis from 1906-1915. Sir Thomas Alexander vans Best (1870-1941), seated at left. At this period, Colonial Secretary of the Leeward Islands, Best later served in Trinidad (Colonial Secretary 1919-25) and Malta (Lieutenant Governor 1925-30), before ending his career as Governor of the Windward Islands from 1930-33. Lieutenant Colonel Wilfred Bennett Davidson-Houston (1870-1960), standing second from right. After military service in Mashonaland and West Africa, Davidson-Houston was appointed Commissioner of Montserrat in 1906. He later served as Administrator of St. Lucia 1918-27; Acting Governor of the Windward Islands 1923, 1923-24 and 1925; Chief Secretary, Nyasaland 1927-30; Acting Governor, Nyasaland 1929, 1930. Thomas Leslie Hardtman Jarvis ( - ), at right of back row. Commissioner of the Virgin Islands 1909-13. Benyon, standing second from left. A.D.C. to Sir Henry Hesketh Bell. The two remaining figures have not been individually identified but are probably:. Thomas Stafford Sidney (1863-1917), Attorney General of the Leeward Islands 1909-1917. William Douglas Auchinleck (1848-1932) Auditor General of the Leeward Islands 1907-23.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
Mar. 1914 |
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62A
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General Legislative Council of the Leeward Islands, March 1914. 250 x 196 mm. A group photograph of the administrators assembled for the meeting of the General Legislative Council of the Leeward Islands which was opened by Bell on March 17 1914. This is no doubt the photograph mentioned by Bell in his letter : 'Very good photos of myself and my lieutenants and staff were taken, in our uniforms, and you will see them later.' (Bell 1914, March 28). Figures positively identified in the photograph are:. Sir Henry Hesketh Bell, seated in centre of group. Sir Thomas Laurence Roxburgh (1853-1945) seated at right. Roxburgh served in the Colonial Civil Service in Jamaica for some years and was Administrator of St. Christopher and Nevis from 1906-1915. Sir Thomas Alexander vans Best (1870-1941), seated at left. At this period, Colonial Secretary of the Leeward Islands, Best later served in Trinidad (Colonial Secretary 1919-25) and Malta (Lieutenant Governor 1925-30), before ending his career as Governor of the Windward Islands from 1930-33. Lieutenant Colonel Wilfred Bennett Davidson-Houston (1870-1960), standing second from right. After military service in Mashonaland and West Africa, Davidson-Houston was appointed Commissioner of Montserrat in 1906. He later served as Administrator of St. Lucia 1918-27; Acting Governor of the Windward Islands 1923, 1923-24 and 1925; Chief Secretary, Nyasaland 1927-30; Acting Governor, Nyasaland 1929, 1930. Thomas Leslie Hardtman Jarvis ( - ), at right of back row. Commissioner of the Virgin Islands 1909-13. Benyon, standing second from left. A.D.C. to Sir Henry Hesketh Bell. The two remaining figures have not been individually identified but are probably:. Thomas Stafford Sidney (1863-1917), Attorney General of the Leeward Islands 1909-1917. William Douglas Auchinleck (1848-1932) Auditor General of the Leeward Islands 1907-23.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
Mar. 1914 |
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63
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[Governor's arrival at meeting of General Legislative Council of the Leeward Islands, March 17 1914]. 247 x 197 mm. Showing Bell and his A.D.C. Benyon seated in a carriage on the way to the opening of the Legislative Council, with an armed mounted escort.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
Mar. 17 1914 |
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64
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[Model Village, Clare Hall, Antigua]. 263 x 210 mm. Showing an area newly laid out with small wooden cottages. This is part of the scheme referred to by Bell in a letter; having made a start of clearing away a 'dirty little rookery, called Hyndman's village, which is quite close to Government House', Bell commenced: 'laying out a 'model village' at Clare Hall, about a mile away from the town, and am hoping to be able to induce a lot of people who are now living in the most awful conditions in the town slums to move up there and start afresh in nice healthy surroundings. I am having a number of nice little cottages built which will be sold to the people on the 'hire-system'. Each will stand on its own plot of ground 50 feet by 100 and I hope that, in time, they will become neat little homesteads .... I can only spend £200 on my village this year, but am hoping to be able to make an appreciable start with that.' (Bell 1913, July 4).
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
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