a collection of 17 albumen prints, c.1894-1894, photographed by Lt Somerville during the work of the survey ship The Penguin in 1893, 12 mounted as gold-edged cabinet cards with annotations in blue pencil verso, some with additions in a later hand, one portrait/self-portrait titled 'Mr B T Somerville' 'The Penguin's Photographer', one titled Njaku and his canoe Mungeri' (a later printing from the negative, a gelatin silver print dated 1897 is in the British Museum, (Museum number Oc,B36.2), others showing native men and boys, and members of the ship's crew, with another smaller, also by Somerfield, captioned 'Shaving with a piece of glass at Ugi, one unmounted albumen print, again by Somerville, captioned 'Camping Party landed at Solomon Islands' with three further smaller albumen prints, apparently from the same expedition, cabinet cards 16.5cm x 10.6cm, images typically 10cm x 14.5cm, smallest three 10.5cm x 7.2cm