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Wilberforce-Bell Collection: 'Own photographs 1. 1912-1919'.

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Title
Wilberforce-Bell Collection: 'Own photographs 1. 1912-1919'.
Date
1912-1919
Description

Black, half-leather album, measuring 235 x 270 mm, with a stitched cloth cover, containing 219 mounted prints and 2 loose prints. Each print is captioned and dated in Wilberforce-Bell's hand. The album title is handwritten on a white label stuck to the front cover. Wilberforce-Bell's bookplate is in the front free endpaper. Album contains snapshots of family, friends and army colleagues and some topographical views in France, Italy, England, Gibraltar, Egypt, Aden and India. Architectural views include the Yacht Club, Bombay (Prints 115-117), the Residency, Rajkot (Print 129), the Palace, Verawal (Print 167) and drawing room interiors. Military photographs include WW1 views in Marseilles and portraits of officers and men from the 2nd Battn. 1st (KGO) Gurkha Rifles. Several snapshots of official functions in India. A curiosity is Print 48, 'Flypaper man'.

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British Library: Asian and African Studies
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Immediate source of acquisition
Presented by the executors of Sir Harold Wilberforce-Bell, October 1965, via Messrs Parker, Marsh, Charlton and Eastham.
Physical condition
Dimensions: 98 mm x 44 mm to 138 mm x 79 mm.
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/d8758b2e-79bb-496d-bbc5-769881713a52/

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Wilberforce-Bell Collection: 'Own photographs 1. 1912-1919'.