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A WHITE STAR LINE COMMEMORATIVE COLLOTYPE ALBUM FOR THE 1897 DIAMOND JUBILEE SPITHEAD REVIEW ABOARD R.M.S. TEUTONIC, INSCRIBED BY THOMAS ISMAY TO MRS. R.M. STANLEY
comprising approximately forty-five images mounted on 14 x 19in. gilt-edged card pages of assorted views from and on board the ship, portrait groups, facsimile autographs including J.B. Ismay and H.M. Stanley, presentation inscription on fly dated '28 October 1898', plush-filled leather cover with gilt-blocked title (wear to cover, some pages with slight foxing) -- 15 x 20in. (38 x 51cm.)
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comprising approximately forty-five images mounted on 14 x 19in. gilt-edged card pages of assorted views from and on board the ship, portrait groups, facsimile autographs including J.B. Ismay and H.M. Stanley, presentation inscription on fly dated '28 October 1898', plush-filled leather cover with gilt-blocked title (wear to cover, some pages with slight foxing) -- 15 x 20in. (38 x 51cm.)
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Provenance
The family of Henry Morton Stanley, the notable Victorian explorer, and thence by descent
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