India and Burma--Lawrence, Lieutenant A.G., (and others?).

Estimate

2,000 - 3,000 GBP

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Description

A large collection of lantern slides and negatives of India, Burma and Somalia. c.1900-1904
glass

147 glass lantern slides and negatives, comprising: 15 lantern slides (each approx. 83 x 83mm.), nearly all captioned in ink on the mount, and 132 glass negatives (each approx. 81 x 107mm., or the reverse, a few smaller), together with a near complete set of modern photographic prints of all the slides and negatives, some cracks, loss and wear

Catalogue Note

This collection shows portraits of officers and crew in the Royal Indian Marine service, ships of the Royal Indian Marine and other shipping, groups of Somalis in Obbia, wildlife in India, big game hunting, Burmese temples, views in Calcutta and Pondicherry and elsewhere. See also the footnote to lot 290.