Manchuria--Bannatine-Allason, Major-General Sir Richard

Folio (360 x 270mm.), approximately 325 photographs (average  90 x130mm., or the reverse), mounted on card, recto and verso, nearly all captioned in ink on the mount, contemporary brown half roan over cloth boards, a few photographs cut-out and loosely inserted, some spotting and fading, binding slightly worn

Major-General Sir Richard Bannatine-Allason CB CMG (1855-1940)

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Bannatine-Allason's personal album of photographs covering his military service in Manchuria in 1905-06 when he was British Attaché to the Japanese army. He witnessed the emergence of modern firepower at close quarters during the Japanese fighting with the Russians in Manchuria. The photographs include images of Japanese soldiers, training with field artillery, pontoon bridge laying, views of local architecture, portraits of Manchurian people, views in Beijing, Tien-Tsin, and Japan. A small part of the album covers his time in India (1905), and South Africa (1906-09).