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'H.M.S. Ruby. S.E. Coast of America',

Album of 110 platinum prints, each image masked to oval 2¾ x 3¾ in., each titled in pencil in margin, full leather, titled in gilt on upper cover, g.e., oblong 12mo., later route map and history of ship loosely inserted; with three other amateur albums, one of cycling subjects, each oblong 12mo. (4)

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Scenes on board, portraits of the officers and men including fancy dress tableaux; views and portraits from Madeira, Canary Islands, Rio de Janeiro, Ilha Grande, Monte Video and Buenos Aires; cricket matches at St. Vincent between the islanders and the ship's team and in Rio and Monte Video; the 'Guanabara' - a Brazilian Man of War, the American Flagship 'Lancaster'; portraits of Captain Kennedy and his family, 'Dr. Canton and his performing hare', and a still-life of Patagonian skulls.

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