Chromogenic print by Bert Hardy, printed in 1985, titled "As the Sun Sets." Originally published in Picture Post, September 15, 1956. Story titled "Where the Rice is Sweet", about rice harvesting in Portugal. Caption in magazine reads: "As the sun sets the last rice is carried onto the wagons. Once its cultivation, thought to spread malaria, was banned. Now it is a major item in the trade balance." Photographer's stamp on verso. As the Sun Sets 1956
Silver gelatin print by Édouard Boubat, titled "Femmes aux fleurs", 1958. Image shows a Portuguese woman balancing a basket of flowers on her head. This photographed has been cropped from the original version which contains two women. Photographer's stamp on verso. Femmes aux fleurs 1958
Perforated plate of Radium water filter, of earthenware and glass, possibly Portugese, 1901-1930 Perforated plate of Radium water filter 1901-1930
Archive of correspondence etc. concerning Robert Johnson's involvement as a freelance civil engineer with railway building in Brazil, Portugal and elsewhere. Some 120 letters, copy letters, memoranda, estimates, sketch plans etc. (including correspondence from Brassey, Vignoles and Portuguese officials). The bulk of the papers relate to the involvement of British engineers and contractors in the building of some of Portugal's earliest railways. ROBERT JOHNSON ARCHIVE 1858-1862