Commander E. D. Ashe and assistants 1st Baron Clyde View showing men cutting stone

View showing men cutting stone in the street

very gamely prepared to play

Toll gate and obelisk at St George's Circus

mounting from a blanket'

general coach office at no 64

Commander E. D. Ashe and assistants 1st Baron Clyde View showing men cutting stoneClear 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