Photograph album

Scope and Content

Photograph album compiled from the photographs of Dr G.L. Chalmers of a microscope presented to David Livingstone by Angela G. Burdett Coutts, in 1858. The microscope had been discovered in a poor condition and was refurbished by Barr and Stroud, the Glasgow optical engineering company.

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Conditions Governing Use

Identification of copyright holders of unpublished material is often difficult. Permission to make any published use of any material from the collection must be sought in advance from the Archivist. We will try to assist in identifying copyright owners but the responsibility for copyright clearance before publication ultimately rests with the reader.