Glass Plate Negative (164mm x 120mm). River valley, showing layers in the mountains.
Glass Plate Negative (164mm x 120mm). Portrait of Mar Shimun XXI Benyamin (1887-1918), Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East 1903-1918, who occupied the patriarchal See of Seleucia-Ctesiphon, Qudchanis. He is standing and wearing a long coat and a turban.
Glass Plate Negative (164mm x 120mm). The cuneiform inscription carved into the mountain side.
Glass Plate Negative (164mm x 120mm). A view towards a mountain range, taken from partway up a mountain.
Glass Plate Negative (164mm x 120mm). A terraced river valley through rocky mountains.
Glass Plate Negative (164mm x 120mm). A view across a flat plain towards mountains, buildings in the distance.
Glass Plate Negative (164mm x 120mm). Flat terraces with a view towards rounded mountains.
Recent bad weather has caused many deaths, including his old friend the Duke of Argyll. Remarks on the crisis in Portugal, and civil unrest/disobedience in England.
Sans titreSpent 7 years on Mont St Michel (see 1), whose balsamic air restored him to health - far superior to regular health resorts such as Nice and towns in the south of Italy.
Sans titreHas heard from a Second Election that the Play is to be continued this year, the Adelphi. The Head Master, educated at the Charter House (see 3), has abandoned Busby's Latin grammar, which formed so many eminent men (William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, William Markham, Archbishop of York, and Robert South, and replaced it with Lily, used by many of the minor country schools. Has doubled the number of lessons and introduced Maths, unknown in their day. The scholars' dormitory now only used for sleeping, and the space beneath it has been converted into 3 day rooms - these alone have fires, and there are none in the dormitory. On the possibility of a Papal nuncio in London (see 31) - perhaps Daniel O'Connell's prediction of 2 years ago will happen, the celebration of Mass in Westminster Abbey.
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