Royal Commonwealth Society : Early views of the Gold Coast

205 x 135 mm.

207 x 135 mm. Showing the crier sitting in the middle of a boat between two rowers.

205 x 135 mm. Showing a work party of five men, watched by a woman and group of boys.

205 x 135 mm. View of the fisherman about to hurl his harpoon or spear from the bow of a boat.

205 x 135 mm.

205 x 145 mm. Showing a man at work assisted by two boys.

195 x 145 mm.

195 x 145 mm. View of a village taken from the side of the road.

195 x 145 mm. A view of Sir James Willcocks (1857-1926), marching among African soldiers. Willocks commanded the army which captured Kumasi on 15 July 1900 during the Third Asante Expedition.

195 x 145 mm.

195 x 145 mm.

195 x 145 mm.

195 x 145 mm.

155 x 105 mm.

195 x 145 mm.

195 x 145 mm.

195 x 145 mm. This is another photograph of the beached dead whale seen in Y30448U/19.

195 x 145 mm. For another view of the dead whale surrounded by spectators see Y30448U/18.

100 x 145 mm. Uncaptioned group portrait of three men; Two of the men featured in Y30488U/20 recline in chairs upon a veranda

195 x 145 mm. This photograph was taken at the same time as Y30448U/16.

105 x 155 mm.

145 x 110 mm. This commercial photograph features three rows of bowls with African women and children posed around them; Commercial photograph showing examples of African pottery with women and children posed behind. The impression of a stamp on the reverse bleeding through the image appears to read 'T. Hamilton Gold Coast'

145 x 110 mm.

205 x 105 mm.

195 x 135 mm. View of a crowded market in an African village.

200 x 142 mm. Portrait of nine sitting and standing soldiers.

185 x 135 mm. View of buildings located along the shoreline taken from a boat. Two European men stand at the water's edge.

210 x 137 mm. View of a series of offices/warehouses with European and African overseers and African labours pictured in front.

200 x 120 mm. View of an African ruler seated beneath an umbrella, surrounded by seated and standing men.

A series of three photographs depicting an unidentified ceremony involving what appears to be a metal cannon barrel. It is being transported by an oar propelled boat flying flags inscribed 'OAGBE' in Y30448U/36; carried ashore in Y30448U/35, and exhibited in Y30448U/34.

205 x 136 mm. A group of convicts or prisoners, chained at the leg, surround by an escort of soldiers.

205 x 140 mm.

205 x 140 mm. View over a pond or river showing a path and figures gathering water on the other bank.

210 x 140 mm. View of a cart harnessed to two bullocks, with an African man sitting inside and a European man standing to the rear. The first letters of a placard on the side of the cart seem to read 'BCG…' perhaps identifying it with the British Cotton Growing Association.

215 x 155 mm. View of bales loaded upon two open railway cars. The bales are marked 'BCGA Moymaba' identifying them as the property of the British Cotton Growing Association and the place where they were produced. Two European men stand in the foreground and African workers stand behind upon the bales.

197 x 157 mm. View showing the river flowing beneath a bridge and through rocks, with an African man seated upon a rock in the middle ground.

197 x 157 mm. A similar view to Y30448U/18-19.

205 x 155 mm. View of a small steamer sailing across the front of the village.

210 x 148 mm.