Australian birds
The beauty and diversity of Australia’s birds are vividly captured in one of the Royal Commonwealth Society department’s most colourful collections of artwork (RCMS 278/7). […]
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Digitisation of Sukkur Bridge photograph album
The Royal Commonwealth Society Library’s recent purchase at auction of a splendid presentation album of photographs (Y30244A), celebrating the opening of the Lansdowne Bridge, Sukkur, […]
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Most extensive Royal Commonwealth Society photograph release yet
The Royal Commonwealth Society department has just published images of approximately 1,500 historic photographs on Cambridge Digital Library. These photographs, our most ambitious release to-date, […]
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The Alfred Hugh Fisher Photographic Collection: Guest post by Sabrina Meneghini
I am a PhD student at De Montfort University and last October I started my research The Legacy of Alfred Hugh Fisher and the […]
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Photographs of India
The latest release of photographs published on Cambridge Digital Library by the Royal Commonwealth Society department includes a large selection of historic prints of India, […]
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New Royal Commonwealth Society Glass Negatives and Lantern Slides
The Royal Commonwealth Society department has just published on Cambridge Digital Library its second release of approximately 1,000 photographic glass plates and lantern slides, made […]
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Royal Commonwealth Society glass negatives and lantern slides
The Royal Commonwealth Society department is thrilled to publish on Cambridge Digital Library the first release of its photographic glass plates, generously funded by a […]
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‘The Tweed’ in Colombo Harbour, 1888
The Royal Commonwealth Society Library is thrilled to have acquired a beautiful historical painting from John Weatherstone, who has already generously donated much of the […]
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Newly-identified Cypriot letter: guest post by Vasiliki Vartholomaiou
One of the great treasures of the Royal Commonwealth Society Library is the Claude Delaval Cobham collection of books, pamphlets, maps and photographs relating to […]
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Early tea cultivation in India and Sri Lanka
The Royal Commonwealth Society Collections are very grateful to former planter John Weatherstone for another donation of beautiful artwork to add to his collection of […]
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