Prints and drawings, [1700-2005]

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MSS. Atlan. s. 23 / 99

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A View of the Town and Island of St. Helena, in the Atlantic Ocean; belonging to the English East India Company. Engraved for Millar's New Complete Universal System of Geography. Published by A. Hogg, 16 Paternoster Row, London, 31 May 1783.
The present residence of Buonaparte on the island of St. Helena with the surrounding scenery in which he is introduced in the position he is commonly seen by Major Stewart of the 24th Regiment of Foot, "passenger in the Bombay, the only vessell that has been permitted to touch at the island since Buonaparte's arrival". Published by R. Smith & Sons, 7 Cockspur Street, Charing Cross, London, 16 Jan 1816.
Geographic Plan of the Island & Forts of Saint Helena (including facsimiles of Napoleon's signature as First Consul and as Emperor) by Lieutenant R. P. Read and dedicated to Field Marshal His Royal Highness the Duke of Kent and Strathearn. Engraved by R. Kirkwood. Published by J. & M. Rippin, 21 Theobald's Row, London, 4 Jun 1817.
Map of the Island of Saint Helena Drawn for the Memorial de Sainte Helene, by "an Engineer formerly of Napoleon's Cabinet, from the information contained in the work itself and from particulars furnished by Messrs. Marchand, Lt. Denis Pierron, and others in Napoleon's Service". Engraved by Sidney Hall, Bury Street, Bloomsbury, London. Published by Henry Colburn & Co. and M. Bossange & Co., London, Aug 1823.

and:

The Log Book of a Midshipman, Illustrative of the Voyage and Travels of Captain Basil Hall, R.N., hand-coloured pictorial gaming sheet, mounted in six sections on linen, showing a large ship under sail in the centre surrounded by a sequence of 20 numbered illustrations (starting with playing with boats in a tub). Published by N. Carpenter, 29 Goswell Terrace, Goswell Road, London, c. 1830.
Ile Ste. Helene en Relief by G. Bauerkeller, Paris, c.1830
Album of sketches by Charles Edward Souper. Volume is inscribed "Royal Artillery, Fort Canning Singapore, 1865" but the sketches are individually dated 1867-1868. They comprise sketches labeled St. Helena, Ireland, Dover, Limerick, and Shoeburyness (Essex)

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MSS. Atlan. s. 23 / 99

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