Abbott Collection: Album of portraits and views, 'Staff College Quetta to D.A.A.G....

Black full-leather album, 233x295mm, in poor condition with broken binding and brittle pages, compiled by Captain L.H. Abbott of the 11th Rajputs. The photographs include a few commercial portraits and views but are mainly amateur snapshots (probably by Abbott), all with handwritten captions. The album also contains various non-photographic items such as landscape drawings and caricatures by Abbott, and Staff College greetings cards. Print 1 Group portrait, Staff College, Quetta, Dec 1908 (all named). Prints 2-3 Staff College owls. Prints 4-12 Staff College buildings, including L.H. Abbott's bungalow and stables. Prints 13-19 Portraits at shooting camp, Tando Bago, Xmas, 1908. Prints 20-24 Portraits at picnic, Ziarat, July 1909. Prints 25-39 Portraits in the married quarters, Staff College, Quetta. Prints 40-44 Polo tournament, Quetta. Prints 45-48 Portraits including L.H. Abbott's wife. Prints 49-52 Portraits of officers on a railway station platform, Bombay Staff Ride, Nov 1909. Print 53 Group portrait, Staff College, Quetta, 1909 (all named, with signatures opposite). Print 54 Portrait of L.H. Abbott's wife. Print 55-57 View of the Staff College, post office and Haywood Road, Quetta. Prints 58-97 Holiday views and portraits in Switzerland at Rossinières, Gruyères and Bex. Prints 98-102 Family portraits at Purfleet, England, 1910. Print 103 Margaret Barry at Naini Tal. Print 104 The Residency, Lucknow. Print 105 Snapshot portrait of General Melliss, VC, ADC. Prints 106-108 11th Rajputs Mess, a gig and the Begum's Tomb, Faizabad. Print 109 Officers group at railway station, Presidency Brigade Staff Ride, 1911. Prints 110-117 Portraits and views of a polo match at Mount Abu, 1911. Prints 118-123 Bungalow views and portraits at Nasirabad. Prints 124-137 Views at the Delhi Durbar, 1911, includes half-tone reproductions, probably cut from journals. Prints 138-139 Statue of Queen Victoria, the Mall, Rawalpindi. Prints 140-141 Portraits of L.H. Abbott's wife and horse, 1912. Prints 142-147 Views and portraits at Murree. Prints 148-162 Trip to Kashmir, 1912, including Uri dak bungalow, houseboats, Srinagar (Palace, Shalimar Bagh, Nasim Bagh) and camp at Gandarbal after houseboat was wrecked. Prints 163-167 Miscellaneous snapshots, including officers on horseback during Hardinge's visit to Murree, Oct 1912. Photographers = L.H. Abbott, R. Lumsden and others unknown;.

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