British Indian Army Photograph Album, Including the Tirah Expedition

ca. 1895-1897, complied by Surgeon Lt. Col. Richard Gilham Thomsett (1851-1940), primarily group portraits of late 19th century continental military units, including Italian cavalry, Austrian and Spanish infantry, Algerian chasseurs, Dutch hussars, etc., but also a group portrait of Thomsett (P.M.O. of the Peshawar Column) and his staff, his "bungalow at Poonanallee, Madras" and Fort Bara, the photographs fixed to thick board pages in a red leather album with gilt fillet and inititals "RGT", with gilt dentelle and edges.

Estimate:$400

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