Lot Essay
Views include cathedrals and castles around England, Port Said, the Suez Canal, several views around the Elephanta caves, and a group portrait of Bedouins and Sudanese.
Details
Various photographers including Frith Series, G.W. Wilson, and A. Arnoux
England, Egypt, Jerusalem, Malta and India, 1880s
Album containing seventy-one albumen prints, sizes approx. 4 x 5¼ in. to 8¾ x 10¾ in., two trimmed to oval, several signed and/or titled and numbered in the negatives, the majority titled in ink on mounts, inscribed in ink Photographs from a holiday trip by sea from London to Bombay. 1883 and of the Suez Canal and shipping. A diary note says: "The Khedive and De Lesseps are passing through the canal to-day on paper label inside front cover, tissue guards, brown morocco, titled Home & Abroad and ruled in gilt on front cover, gilt clasp, g.e., oblong 4to.
England, Egypt, Jerusalem, Malta and India, 1880s
Album containing seventy-one albumen prints, sizes approx. 4 x 5¼ in. to 8¾ x 10¾ in., two trimmed to oval, several signed and/or titled and numbered in the negatives, the majority titled in ink on mounts, inscribed in ink Photographs from a holiday trip by sea from London to Bombay. 1883 and of the Suez Canal and shipping. A diary note says: "The Khedive and De Lesseps are passing through the canal to-day on paper label inside front cover, tissue guards, brown morocco, titled Home & Abroad and ruled in gilt on front cover, gilt clasp, g.e., oblong 4to.
Further details
See illustration