Commander E. D. Ashe and assistants 1st Baron Clyde mounting from a blanket'

mounting from a blanket'

George IV and Queen Caroline are tied back to back

A porter enters

very gamely prepared to play

John Entwistle and Keith Moon of the rock group The Who show off their new cars at the home of Keith Moon in Chertsey

Commander E. D. Ashe and assistants 1st Baron Clyde mounting from a blanket'Clear 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