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Photographs of India

Posted on 19 December 2017 by John C.

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

Posted on 12 December 2017 by John C.

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

Posted on 23 October 2017 by John C.

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

Posted on 2 October 2017 by John C.

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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Farewell to Changi

Posted on 30 June 2017 by Emma Nichols

(Above image – ‘Air Raids’ by Robert Harper, RCMS 103/3/12) After 21 months I have come to the end of my role as project conservator […]

Cambridge Digital Library, Conservation, Royal Commonwealth Society

Newly-identified Cypriot letter: guest post by Vasiliki Vartholomaiou

Posted on 26 June 2017 by John C.

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

Posted on 16 June 2017 by John C.

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 […]

New on Janus, Recent acquisitions, Royal Commonwealth Society

Construction of Lansdowne Bridge, Sukkur, 1885-1889

Posted on 3 May 2017 by John C.

The Royal Commonwealth Society Library is delighted to have acquired at auction a stunning presentation album commemorating the opening on 25 March 1889 of the […]

New on Janus, Photographs, Recent acquisitions, Royal Commonwealth Society

South African War photographs, 1901-02

Posted on 28 March 2017 by John C.

The Royal Commonwealth Society collections have published a detailed catalogue description for a fascinating album of photographs taken during the South African War (1899-1902), Y3058H. […]

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