Postcards and cards, 1788-2000
Postcards and cards of St. Helena (25 items) and:
- Ascension Island (4)
- Gibraltar (15)
- France, Marseille (12)
- India, Bengal, mainly Calcutta (22)
- Iran, mainly Teheran (67)
- Iraq (3)
- United Kingdom, mainly Cheddar, Swanage and the Hampshire Regiment (71)
The items relating to St. Helena were produced in the late 20th century but the images include reprints of paintings dating from 1788. The remaining items date from 1909 to 1925.
Postcards of St. Helena:
- Public gardens, Jamestown, 1992
- The East India Fleet leaving St. Helena by W. J. Huggins. Painting showing the Honorable Company's Ships Inglis, Windsor, Waterloo, Scaleby Castle, General Kyd, Farquharson and Lowther Castle, escorted by HM Frigate Ariadne, 1830
- Jamestown by a Canton artist (after Spoilum), copied from G. H. Bellasis' 1806 print, c. 1810
- Jamestown by Hubert Cornish, 1798
(Photographs taken by Hearl and Nick Thorpe, published by Hearl for the St. Helena Link 1992-1994)
- East Indiamen leaving St. Helena by R. Dodd. Aquatint showing the Neptune at St. Helena, homeward bound from China, 1788
- An Eastindiaman off St. Helena by W. J. Huggins, the earliest of his three studies of East Indiamen off St. Helena, 1806
- Longwood Races by Louis de Sainson, 16 Jan 1829
- The Rollers, Jamestown by Lieutenant Frederick Rice Stack, St. Helena Regiment, 17 Feb 1846
(Published by Hearl, 1996-2000)
- Manatee Bay and the Black Rocks, which form part of the Arms of St. Helena
- Bank's Battery ruins with Flagstaff in the distance
- The Lemon Valley wall and gun emplacements
- Gun battery at Thompson's Hill, overlooking Lemon Valley
- Sandy Bay wall and gun platform
- Gun batteries below Sugar Loaf
- Gun batteries at Sugar Loaf, looking towards Jamestown
- Prosperous Bay and battery
(Photographs by Edward Baldwin, published for the St. Helena Heritage Society, 1998)
- Sandy Bay from Mount Pleasant (number 1 of series)
- Plantation House, Official Residence of the Governor (number 2 of series)
- Portal of the Castle (number 3 of series)
- St. James' Church, Jamestown (number 4 of series)
- Longwood House, Home of Exiled Emperor Napoleon (number 5 of series)
- Diana's Peak, Mount Actaeon from Longwood (number 6 of series)
(Photographs by Frances Howorth, published by Wilton 65)
- 1-penny Badge of the Colony stamp designed by Thomas Bruce, postmaster, 1922
(Published by C. J. Masters, Northampton)
Cards
- Sea Scouts, St. Helena by Lord Baden-Powell (birthday card reproduced by The Medici Society Ltd.), 1993
- Coat of arms of St. Helena (Christmas card), undated
- Garden Cottage, Ascension Island
- St. Mary's Church, Ascension Island
- The Exiles Club, Ascension Island
- The Red Lion, Green Mountain Farm, Ascension Island
(the Ascension Island cards feature drawings by Christine A. Avis, published by Northward Press, 1988)
Dates
- Creation: 1788-2000
Extent
1 box
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MSS. Atlan. s. 23 / 61
Repository Details
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