Travel, Atlases, Maps and Natural History
Travel, Atlases, Maps and Natural History
Auction Closed
November 12, 04:34 PM GMT
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
SAUDI ARABIA
A collection of 14 photographs of members of the Saudi royal family, 1937-c.1957
13 silver prints (from 210 x 165mm. to 230 x 300mm.), mostly press photographs with stamps on the reverse (Hatami, Paris Match, Planet News etc.), and one original negative (1937) with a modern print, housed in a black cloth folding box
The images include an original negative of Crown Prince Saud (later King Saud) with his younger brother, Emir Mohamed in London in 1937 at the Dorchester hotel for the coronation of George VI; six other photographs of King Saud; five photographs of King Faisal, and one of Prince Khalid bin Faisal Al Saud.