Commander E. D. Ashe and assistants 1st Baron Clyde 'What a scandalous shame it

'What a scandalous shame it is that they are allow'd to take people off in this here kind of way'

mounting from a blanket'

Toll gate and obelisk at St George's Circus

'Dancer at the Photographer'

Commander E. D. Ashe and assistants 1st Baron Clyde 'What a scandalous shame itClear for action'. Photographic plate from The proceedings of the Canadian eclipse party, 1869, by Commander Edward David Ashe (Quebec, 1870). The photograph shows Commander Ashe with three of his assistants. Ashe was director of the Quebec Observatory and Royal Navy commander. He lead an expedition to Iowa to view the solar eclipse on 7 August 1869. Original: ink on paper. 1870