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Collection of Admiral Henry Craven St John
Collection
Identifier: Coll-1872
Scope and Contents
This collection is composed of effects that belonged to Henry Craven St John, a young Lieutenant (later Commander, then Admiral) who brilliantly fought against pirates in the Chinese Seas in the 1860s. It includes: a presentation scroll to Commander Henry Craven St John, conveying thanks for his fighting piracy at Laksui (1866); a covering letter from the Admiralty (1866); a mahogany and brass-fitted medicine box (1860s); and an album of c. 300 watercolours executed by Henry Craven St John,...
Dates:
1850s-1870s
Papers of the Harman family
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1906
Scope and Contents
Sketchbooks and papers relating to the Harman family and their travel around Europe, including Ireland and Italy.
Dates:
1890s-1935