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Fisher, Alexander, fl 1861-1879: Album of photographs compiled on cruises aboard HMS Endymion with the Flying Squadron and in the Mediterranean
- Date
- 1869-1870s
- By
- Fisher, Alexander, active 1861-1879; Barker, Alfred Charles (Dr), 1819-1873; Bragge, James, 1833-1908; Mundy, Daniel Louis, 1826-1881; Travers, William Thomas Locke, 1819-1903
- Reference
- PA1-f-021
- Description
Album of views compiled by Alexander Fisher, MD RN, during his service as a surgeon aboard HMS Endymion. The album comprises:
Photographs collected during the cruise of the Flying Squadron, under the command of Rear Admiral G T Phipps Hornby, during 1869-1870, which carried HRH the Duke of Edinburgh. Included are views of Plymouth, Portsea, Madeira, Brazil (Bahia and Rio de Janiero), South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Japan, British Columbia, Hawaii and Chile.
Photographs collected during a cruise in the Mediterranean during the 1870s, including views of Malta, Syria, Jerusalem, Venice, Egypt (Alexandria, Cairo, Pyramids, the Sphinx), Gibraltar and Seville
Photographers represented include William Thomas Locke Travers (1819-1903), James Bragge (1833?-1908), Felice A Beato (1825-1908?).
Prince Alfred Ernest Albert, Duke of Edinburgh (1844-1900), was captain of HMS Galatea and commander of the Flying Squadron, which visited New Zealand in 1869 and 1870.
Inscriptions: Album page - `Cruize of the Flying Squadron under the command of Rear Admiral G.M. Phipps Hornby. 1869-1870. Photographs of places, natives, costumes and remarkable objects, collected by Alexander Fisher, MDRN, HMS Endymion'; Album page - `A summer cruize in the Mediterranean in HMS Endymion. 21. Capt. Chas Drake'
Quantity: 1 album(s).
Physical Description: Green cloth bound photograph album with leather corners, 41.2 x 35.5 cm
- Additional description
Alternative form available: Copy negatives at 1/2-004713 to 004728-F
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Format
- 1 album(s), Photographs, Photograph albums, Green cloth bound photograph album with leather corners, 41.2 x 35.5 cm
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UnknownWhare-puni, or small sleeping house, Te Ore Ore Marae
Date: [c1870]
From: Fisher, Alexander, fl 1861-1879: Album of photographs compiled on cruises aboard HMS Endymion with the Flying Squadron and in the Mediterranean
By: Bragge, James, 1833-1908
Reference: PA1-f-021-043-1
Description: Photograph of Maori family group outside of a whare-puni (small sleeping house) at Te Ore Ore marae. Photograph taken by James Bragge circa 1865-1875. Inscriptions: Album page - bottom centre - Maori hut, Te Oreore Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
Merchant and servant, Japan
Date: Between 1867 and 1869
From: Fisher, Alexander, fl 1861-1879: Album of photographs compiled on cruises aboard HMS Endymion with the Flying Squadron and in the Mediterranean
By: Beato, Felice A, 1825-1908?
Reference: PA1-f-021-064-07
Description: Japanese merchant and his servant, photographed between 1867 and 1869, probably by Felice A Beato (1825-1908?). Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Merchant & servant Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 9.2 x 5.7 cm, with rounded upper corners, on album page 39.6 x 32.5 cm
Two women with parasol, Japan, by Felice A Beato (1825-1908?)
Date: Between 1867 and 1869
From: Fisher, Alexander, fl 1861-1879: Album of photographs compiled on cruises aboard HMS Endymion with the Flying Squadron and in the Mediterranean
By: Beato, Felice A, 1825-1908?
Reference: PA1-f-021-061
Description: Two women with a parasol, in traditional costume and footwear, Japan, taken between 1867 and 1869 by Felice A Beato (1825-1908?). The original caption reads "The original Grecian Bend". Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 26.1 x 21.1 cm, with hand colouring, mounted on album page
Shogun Hitotsubashi Yoshinobu
Date: Between 1866 and 1867
From: Fisher, Alexander, fl 1861-1879: Album of photographs compiled on cruises aboard HMS Endymion with the Flying Squadron and in the Mediterranean
By: Beato, Felice A, 1825-1908?
Reference: PA1-f-021-064-02
Description: The Shogun Hitotsubashi Yoshinobu (ruled 1866-1867), photographed between 1866 and 1867, probably by Felice A Beato (1825-1908?). Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - The late tycoon Stotsbashi Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 8.3 x 5.7 cm, on album page 39.6 x 32.5 cm
Doctor and patient, Japan, by Felice A Beato (1825-1908?)
Date: Between 1867 and 1869
From: Fisher, Alexander, fl 1861-1879: Album of photographs compiled on cruises aboard HMS Endymion with the Flying Squadron and in the Mediterranean
By: Beato, Felice A, 1825-1908?
Reference: PA1-f-021-062
Description: Doctor and female patient, Japan, taken between 1867 and 1869 by Felice A Beato (1825-1908?). Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 22.4 x 28.5 cm, with hand colouring, mounted on album page
Japanese labourer
Date: Between 1867 and 1869
From: Fisher, Alexander, fl 1861-1879: Album of photographs compiled on cruises aboard HMS Endymion with the Flying Squadron and in the Mediterranean
By: Beato, Felice A, 1825-1908?
Reference: PA1-f-021-064-10
Description: Japanese labourier, identified as a "coolie", photographed between 1867 and 1869, probably by Felice A Beato (1825-1908?). Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Coolie Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 9 x 5.6 cm, on album page 39.6 x 32.5 cm
Village Buddha, Japan
Date: Between 1867 and 1869
From: Fisher, Alexander, fl 1861-1879: Album of photographs compiled on cruises aboard HMS Endymion with the Flying Squadron and in the Mediterranean
By: Beato, Felice A, 1825-1908?
Reference: PA1-f-021-056-4
Description: Statue of Buddha in a Japanese village, photographed between 1867 and 1869, probably by Felice A Beato (1825-1908?). Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Village Buddha Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 5.6 x 8.5 cm, with rounded upper corners, on album page 39.6 x 32.5 cm
Bronze statue of Buddha at Daibouts, Japan, by Felice A Beato (1825-1908?)
Date: Between 1867 and 1869
From: Fisher, Alexander, fl 1861-1879: Album of photographs compiled on cruises aboard HMS Endymion with the Flying Squadron and in the Mediterranean
By: Beato, Felice A, 1825-1908?
Reference: PA1-f-021-058
Description: View of the bronze statue of Buddha at Daibouts, near Kamakura, Japan, taken between 1867 and 1869 by Felice A Beato (1825-1908?). Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 22.7 x 29.1 cm mounted on album page
Soldiers fencing, Japan
Date: Between 1867 and 1869
From: Fisher, Alexander, fl 1861-1879: Album of photographs compiled on cruises aboard HMS Endymion with the Flying Squadron and in the Mediterranean
By: Beato, Felice A, 1825-1908?
Reference: PA1-f-021-064-01
Description: Soldiers fencing, Japan, photographed between 1867 and 1869, probably by Felice A Beato (1825-1908?). Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Soldiers fencing Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 8.3 x 5.7 cm, on album page 39.6 x 32.5 cm
Native American village, Fort Rupert, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Date: between 1869-1870
From: Fisher, Alexander, fl 1861-1879: Album of photographs compiled on cruises aboard HMS Endymion with the Flying Squadron and in the Mediterranean
Reference: PA1-f-021-071-8
Description: Native American village, probably of the Kwakiutl, Fort Rupert, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, photographed between 1869-1870. Photographer unidentified. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Indian village. - Fort Rupert Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 6.1 x 8 cm, mounted on to album page