the first, circa 1901-2, oblong quarto (252 x 300mm), 42 matt silver prints, individually mounted recto and verso on album pages, most with contemporary pencil caption on the mount (one mount detached, without covers and backstrip), the photographs taken by a British army officer show 13 photographs taken in Srinagar and Kashmir, 4 in Ladak including ‘Entry into Leh, 1901’, Lamayuru monastery, and a resthouse; 12 photographs of views, camps and hunting in Tibet, and ‘Leaving Leh, 1901’, another view of Lamayuru monastery in Ladak, 2 views of mountain passes, and 9 other photographs in northern India; the second, circa 1907,oblong quarto (225 x 270mm), 96 small collodion prints, window mounted 4-per page, recto and verso, including circa 8 photographs of Tibet, many with contemporary manuscript captions on paper slips, loosely inserted in the mounts (some fading to images), original green cloth (rubbed), presentation note pasted to upper pastedown ‘1907, a present from India to Miss Jeannie B. Walker, Kirktown, Auchterless, [Aberdeenshire], Scotland, from her brother Bob’ (2)
Sold for £850
the first, circa 1901-2, oblong quarto (252 x 300mm), 42 matt silver prints, individually mounted recto and verso on album pages, most with contemporary pencil caption on the mount (one mount detached, without covers and backstrip), the photographs taken by a British army officer show 13 photographs taken in Srinagar and Kashmir, 4 in Ladak including ‘Entry into Leh, 1901’, Lamayuru monastery, and a resthouse; 12 photographs of views, camps and hunting in Tibet, and ‘Leaving Leh, 1901’, another view of Lamayuru monastery in Ladak, 2 views of mountain passes, and 9 other photographs in northern India; the second, circa 1907,oblong quarto (225 x 270mm), 96 small collodion prints, window mounted 4-per page, recto and verso, including circa 8 photographs of Tibet, many with contemporary manuscript captions on paper slips, loosely inserted in the mounts (some fading to images), original green cloth (rubbed), presentation note pasted to upper pastedown ‘1907, a present from India to Miss Jeannie B. Walker, Kirktown, Auchterless, [Aberdeenshire], Scotland, from her brother Bob’ (2)
Auction: Olympia Timed: Spring 2026, ending 29th Mar, 2026
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