Argyllshire Highlanders - South Africa
£2,500
Rare Books, Maps, Manuscripts & Photographs
Auction: 3 September 2008 at 12:00 BST
Description
An album of photographs belonging to David Dickson mostly relating to the 91st Highlanders in South Africa c.1879-1881, majority with ink captions, ink notes on front and rear fixed endpapers, album to include photographs of Durban, 3 images of 91st Highlanders in Natal [with keys listing subjects], 6 images of Cape Town and military camps, 14 images of tribal leaders in South Africa including Ceteweyo and his wives, panorama of Cape Town, Government House in Praetoria, Cape Fox Hounds meet July 1880, 2 images of Malta, 6 images of St Helena, 9 loosely inserted watercolours showing military camps, 91st Highlanders crossing drift, Highland gathering in Cape Town 1880 and a panorama of skating on Duddingston Loch December 1872, full morocco gilt, worn, inner hinges split; Harris, Robert South Africa. Port Elizabeth, 1888, mounted sepia photographs, water damage has caused a majority of pages to stick together, heavy staining, original black morocco, worn, upper board loose (2)