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Hms Eclipse Crew On Ship At Port Royal, Jamaica 1866. Large Albumen, Maori Wars

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[NEW ZEALAND WARS] Photograph taken on board HMS Eclipse at Port Royal, Jamaica, circa 1866. Albumen print photograph in arched format, 175 x 235 mm, unmounted; no photographer’s imprint. With contemporary inscription in pencil “Port Royal”; evidently removed at some point from a nineteenth century window mount, and accompanied by a later typed caption label… (read more)