Personal Photograph of an Officer of the 21st Royal Scots Fussiliers.
by (PHOTOGRAPHY: INDIA & SOUTH AFRICA)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
N.p.: N.p., 1907-1912. This officer was on the rise apparently as he was constantly moved from camp to camp. The album contains 214 original silver gelatin photographs. When he started the officer was based in India and up until photograph 154 all of the pictures are of sights in India, Ceylon, Mauritius, and Rangoon. Thankfully very few of these are family portraits as the officer seemed to delight in the local people and terrain. He is next situated in Pretoria at King's Hill, Harrismith. He seemed to have a relaxing time there mainly lounging around the army camp (and a very nice one at that) Robert's Heights. It was founded around 1905 by the British Army, and called Robert's Heights after Field Marshal Lord Roberts. There are numerous captains and generals named in the album but we could not discern the photographer's name but we do know he was a avid golfer. While in Ceylon he took photographs of many of the greens at that course. He did this again in South Africa. There are also numerous photographs of the whole brigade in formation and on exercises. Included but not bound in are eight large photographs (11 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches), mainly of military formations. Also included are five medium sized (8 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches) photographs and these are of a more domestic nature. Most of the photographs in the album are 4 3/4 x 3 3/4 inches and the vast majority of them are captioned. All housed in the original album of half red roan over red cloth. A few photographs loose from their stubs but hanging in there, front joint split but the album still holding together. Really an essay could be written about this album but the cataloger ran out of time.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 75557
- Title
- Personal Photograph of an Officer of the 21st Royal Scots Fussiliers.
- Author
- (PHOTOGRAPHY: INDIA & SOUTH AFRICA)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- N.p.
- Place of Publication
- N.p.
- Date Published
- 1907-1912
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About the Seller
Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
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Portland, Oregon
About Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
Nat DesMarais Rare Books specializes in books on the Sierra Nevada (particularly Yosemite), the Mojave, and California books in general. We also deal in the art of the American West, voyages and travels and nineteenth century literature.
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