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THE OFFICERS OF THE ADVANCE COLUMN
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THE OFFICERS OF THE ADVANCE COLUMN

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THE OFFICERS OF THE ADVANCE COLUMN

The officers of the Advance Column (Parke, Nelson, Stanley, Stairs and Mounteney-Jephson), Cairo, 1890. Studio portrait photograph, indistinctly signed by the photographer and inscribed 'Le Caire' on the mount. 9½ x 12, 1/8in. (242 x 306cm.); together with a studio portrait of Surgeon Parke in expedition garb by Walery, inscribed by the sitter 'Thos Sharpe Parke "Bwana Doctari" Melchet July 90' and a large studio portrait of Mounteney-Jephson in expedition garb. (3)
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The Parke photograph and inscription recalls the Stanley's honeymoon in July 1890, Dorothy writes: "On Saturday July 12, 1890, I was married to Stanley, at Westminster Abbey. He was very ill at the time, with gastritis and malaria, but his powerful will enabled him to go through with the ceremony. We went straight to Melchet Court, lent to us for our honeymoon by Louisa, Lady Ashburton. Stanley's officer, Surgeon Parke, accompanied us, and together we nursed Stanley back to health." (Autobiography, p.423.)

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