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73 x 103 mm. Showing the seal-like body of a recently captured manatee on the bank of the Niger, with Bell standing in the background.

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85 x 82 mm. Showing Bell seated on the riverbank reading a newspaper with a crocodile behind him: 'After lunch I shot a croc through the head, and Gray and I took a 'faked photo' of it. We propped open its tremendous jaws and posed him so as to let it appear that he was creeping stealthily up towards me, who am seated on the grass, placidly reading a newspaper. It made me quite a realistic picture.' (Bell 1907, March 1).

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Showing Bell seated on the riverbank reading a newspaper with a crocodile behind him: 'After lunch I shot a croc through the head, and Gray and I took a 'faked photo' of it. We propped open its tremendous jaws and posed him so as to let it appear that he was creeping stealthily up towards me, who am seated on the grass, placidly reading a newspaper. It made me quite a realistic picture.' (Bell 1907, March 1).

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134 x 78 mm. A slightly blurred view looking across the flag-draped courtyard of Government House, showing Bell announcing the armistice to the crowd from the first floor verandah.

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105 x 60 mm. A view of Bell in his aquarium with a small summer-house attached.

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105 x 60 mm. A view of Bell in his aquarium with a small summer-house attached.

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80 x 110 mm. Group of four women by rock. HHB (?) on a higher level.

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76 x 75 mm. Showing Bell being carried across a stream by his A.D.C. George Lightfoot and a second unidentified figure. Ile d'Ambre is situated off the NE coast of Mauritius. HHB engaged Lightfoot as his A.D.C. in August 1919.

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78 x 136 mm. Showing Bell standing on the bank of a river, probably at Le Reduit.

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85 x 82 mm. Showing Bell being carried head high on a wooden stretcher by four white robed Africans, presumably servants of Kahaya.

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Showing Bell being carried head high on a wooden stretcher by four white robed Africans, presumably servants of Kahaya.

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101 x 74 mm. Showing a group of Europeans posed on the steps leading up to the verandah of a house at Zaria. The only identified figures are Bell and his A.D.C. Frank Burton.

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140 x 90 mm. Group with HHB; it was the first such event held in Mauritius.

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74 x 99 mm. Showing Bell standing on the seashore holding an octopus on the end of a pole.

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102 x 77 mm. Showing Bell playing with one of his pet lion cubs in the garden of Government House, Entebbe.

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130 x 78 mm. Showing Bell marching with Lt. Col. Austin Charles Godfrey (Inspector General of Police) and Major E.W.N. Walker, Officer commanding troops in Mauritius. Photograph probably taken outside Government House on Bell's arrival.

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140 x 90 mm. Showing HHB with the others identified sitting under a tree, possibly at Le Reduit.

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210 x 165 mm. Interior view of a meeting in session, with HHB presiding. Possibly his final Council of Government, 5 August 1924. Some blurring and glare from lighting.

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210 x 165 mm. Interior view of a meeting in session, with HHB presiding. Possibly his final Council of Government, 5 August 1924. Some blurring and glare from lighting.

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193 x 132 mm. Showing Bell and other officials walking past a guard of honour on the platform of Zungeru Station on his departure on leave.

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192 x 131 mm. Showing Bell (now dressed in civilian clothes) talking to a group of officials on Zungeru Station, with a locomotive at the left and a guard of honour in the background..

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93 x 56 mm. Showing police on parade, with Bell standing beside a table for the distribution of medals.

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Showing Knowles, Bell and Kahaya seated amongst a group of retainers in front of a thatched house.

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Showing Knowles, Bell and Kahaya seated amongst a group of retainers in front of a thatched house.