Sampih with Beryl. Appears in Hitchcock and Norris as Fig 20 (cropped). Caption reads ‘ Beryl pauses from writing to chat to a young boy. She took copious notes during performances, while Walter took photographs.’ Appears in Hitchcock and Norris as Fig20. Selected for HD Scan March 2010.
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Heating of the North and South Halls
object | ARC/HMG/BD/001/001/003/005
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The Horniman Museum: First & Second Annual Reports,1891-1892
object | ARC/HMG/GOV/003/1891
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Press cutting titled: The Horniman Museum: The New Indian Saloon
object | ARC/HMG/PR/004/001/188
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Slides taken in Muscat, Oman by Ann Douthwaite, 1973-1976
object | ARC/DOU/001/007
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