Large painting of the Distin family.
The Distin Family
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Plateau market ropes

Lantern slide depicting a scene in Jaipur, 1890s.

Invitation for the Sydenham and East Dulwich Police to view The Horniman Museum on Friday 24th August 1894.

Black and white medium format negative of several people including two women near a shade structure on a farm
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