£1,000
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs | 605
Auction: 17 June 2020 at 11:00 BST
Comprising 13 albumen prints, showing a 'Welcome' fête or gathering; a welcoming crowd; a banquet in a tent; a formal gathering or presentation (presented as a panorama with three images attached together); a group wrestling match (presented as a panorama); a person bowing before an official and his entourage; a group portrait; horses and carriages at the gathering; a military parade or gathering; a group portrait including two Europeans on a platform; elephants bathing and drinking; men and women by a river; a young goatherd and camels; the album dated November 1884, each single photograph c.22 x 28cm, some fading to photographs and foxing to album leaves