comprising: quarto album (240 x 290mm), 22 albumen prints, mounted recto and verso on card, ink captions on the mounts, of views in Delhi, Agra, Prome, Lucknow, and Mandalay, circa 1883, (some fading and spotting to images), modern calf-backed brown cloth boards; quarto album (350 x 280mm), 47 full-page albumen prints, mounted recto and verso on card, manuscript ink captions on the mounts, showing views in Lucknow, Cawnpore and Agra, and formal regimental photographs, circa 1888, red roan gilt (mounts browned and brittle, some chipped, covers detached, lacking backstrip, binding worn); oblong quarto (220 x 270mm), 22 matt silver prints, showing temples and views in Madura and Tanjore, mounted recto and verso, pencil captions, circa 1900, brown painted cloth (some wear to mounts, binding rubbed); oblong folio (265 x 330mm), 26 full-page photographs, showing views in Karachi and Delhi, neat ink captions on the mounts, circa 1900, dark red morocco gilt (binding slightly rubbed); and quarto album (310 x 240mm), 23 photographs of India, various processes and sizes, plus some others of UK views, mounted on paper, recto and verso, circa 1900, red cloth (brittle mounts chipped, binding rubbed) (5)
Sold for £1,100
comprising: quarto album (240 x 290mm), 22 albumen prints, mounted recto and verso on card, ink captions on the mounts, of views in Delhi, Agra, Prome, Lucknow, and Mandalay, circa 1883, (some fading and spotting to images), modern calf-backed brown cloth boards; quarto album (350 x 280mm), 47 full-page albumen prints, mounted recto and verso on card, manuscript ink captions on the mounts, showing views in Lucknow, Cawnpore and Agra, and formal regimental photographs, circa 1888, red roan gilt (mounts browned and brittle, some chipped, covers detached, lacking backstrip, binding worn); oblong quarto (220 x 270mm), 22 matt silver prints, showing temples and views in Madura and Tanjore, mounted recto and verso, pencil captions, circa 1900, brown painted cloth (some wear to mounts, binding rubbed); oblong folio (265 x 330mm), 26 full-page photographs, showing views in Karachi and Delhi, neat ink captions on the mounts, circa 1900, dark red morocco gilt (binding slightly rubbed); and quarto album (310 x 240mm), 23 photographs of India, various processes and sizes, plus some others of UK views, mounted on paper, recto and verso, circa 1900, red cloth (brittle mounts chipped, binding rubbed) (5)
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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