Beschreibung
A large, 13 x 11 inches, leather-covered proprietary photograph album from the turn of the twentieth century, with bevelled boards and diaper and gilt decoration. The leaves are of heavy card with one (approximately 8 x 11 inch) monochrome photograph per side. Most of the photographs have a short description written in ink above and below the print however, many of the leaf margins are damaged with consequent gaps in the descriptions. All the Egyptian photographs are captioned on the print, in the contemporary manner, giving a brief description and the name of the photographer. The leaves of the album are very brittle and the margins of most are badly chipped. The photographs have fared much better and are intact, albeit occasionally faded at the edges, though the subject matter remains clear Picture No. 1. A formal group of senior NCOs, taken in the North West Provinces. 2. Dragoon Guards Camp at Meerut 1891/2. 3. Col. Truman, Second Squadron 7DG mounted and on parade with Standard, Mhow 1894. 4. 3rd Squadron 7DG mounted on parade Mhow, 1887. 5. 4th Squadron 7DG mounted on parade at Mhow. 6. Band and Musical Ride 7DG mounted on parade. 7. Band 7DG mounted on parade. 8. 1st Squadron 7DG mounted on parade(unknown location). 9. Musical Ride mounted and ready to perform. Possibly at Meerut. 10. Musical Ride 7DG mounted and formed up in fours, Meerut. 11. Officers' Mess and Lines, Meerut Camp 1892/3. 12. Embarking for Egypt. The 'Old' Soldiers 7DG formal photograph, dismounted alongside their troopship and wearing khaki. Bombay 24th Feb. 1893. 13. Embarking for Egypt. Shipping the horses. Informal quayside view of horses and men with a horse being swung aboard via a crane. Bombay 1893. 14. A glimpse of Suez. A view of the foreshore with the town beyond, signed Zangaki. 15. H.M.Troopship Crocodile coaling in Suez Canal, signed Zangaki. 16. H.M.Troopship Malabar at Port Said, signed H. Arnoux. 17. Toussain (sic) Station, Suez Canal. [Ships secured fore and aft (with Pilots boarding/disembarking?)] 18. Himalaya [H.M. Troopship Himalaya] and Rubatino at Al-Kantara, signed H. Arnoux. 19. [H.M. Troopship Crocodile] signed H. Arnoux. 20. Port of Alexandria, signed Zangaki. [A view taken from a high point, possibly a ship's mast, overlooking the busy port.] 21. Lighthouse at South of Bitter Lakes, signed Zangaki. 22. Swing Bridge at Kasr El Nil, signed Zangaki. 23. Palms on the banks of the Nile, signed Zangaki. [Numerous Dhows along a palm-fringed bank.] 24. [A Greek-flagged Dhow by the bank [of the Nile?] Caption illegible but photo No. 613 in Zangaki catalogue. 25. Entrance to the port of Kasr El-Nil, signed Zangaki. 26. View of the Nile barrage, signed Zangaki. 27. General view of the Nile barrage, signed Zangaki. 28. The Sphinx. Caption illegible but photo No.365 in Zangaki catalogue. 29. Pyramids of Gizeh, signed J.P. Sebah. 30. Uncaptioned. Informal view of men of the 7DG wth their families, at the foot of a pyramid. The photographer has captured some 70 souls, three camels, and a donkey in the photograph. The arm of one camera-shy camel driver is visible, holding the donkey's bridle. 31. Entrance to the Grand Pyramid of Cheops with 7 Egyptians carefully posed in and around it. 32. Caption illegible. Twelve Egyptian men and boys at the foot of a pyrimid. 33. Citadel and Tombs of the Mamelouks, Cairo, signed H. Arnoux. 34. View of the Citadel at Cairo with the mosque of Muhammad Ali, signed H. Arnoux. Caption absent or illegible. 35. A general view of Cairo, signed Zangaki. 36. Several squadrons of mounted Dragoons (7DG?) are passing along a tree-lined street in Cairo(?) with civilians looking on. 37. Arrival of the Mahmel, Cairo, signed Zangaki. Procession, with Egyptian horsemen accompanying the holy carpet. Caption partially illegible. 38. The tree of the Virgin Mary. Caption illegible. Signed Zangaki. 39. The Obelisk of Heliopolis, signed Zangaki. 40. Demoiselles Arabes. Two young dancing girls. No signature visible but catalogu. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 24591
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