Ending 29th Mar, 2026 14:00
Olympia Timed: Spring 2026
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PHOTOGRAPHS OF TIBET, CIRCA 1924-26, AND THE NORTH-WEST FRONTIER, 1932 & 1938
oblong folio (265 x 345mm), over 320 matt silver prints, mounted on card album leaves, recto and verso, most captioned in ink on the mounts (some mounts detached, album without covers or backstrip)
A very well presented and captioned album of photographs of Tibet taken by a British official or army officer in the 1920s. The photographs include Frank Ludlow who ran an English school in Gyantse between 1923 and 1926, and Frederick Williamson, a British Political Officer. The photographs show many images of Tibetan people, ceremonies, events, buildings and views.
Sold for £5,000
oblong folio (265 x 345mm), over 320 matt silver prints, mounted on card album leaves, recto and verso, most captioned in ink on the mounts (some mounts detached, album without covers or backstrip)
A very well presented and captioned album of photographs of Tibet taken by a British official or army officer in the 1920s. The photographs include Frank Ludlow who ran an English school in Gyantse between 1923 and 1926, and Frederick Williamson, a British Political Officer. The photographs show many images of Tibetan people, ceremonies, events, buildings and views.
Auction: Olympia Timed: Spring 2026, ending 29th Mar, 2026
The sale presents a diverse selection of 521 lots, featuring accessible estimates across many departments including European Works of Art, Chinese and Japanese Works of Art and Modern & Contemporary African and Middle Eastern Art, with a majority of lots drawn from the Antique Arms, Armour and Militaria department.
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AUCTION:
Closing from: 2pm 29th March, 2026
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