Lot 34 · Fine Books and Manuscripts

MILITARY - ROYAL ARTILLERY AND CHINA Fine album of approximately 130 albumen prints, compiled by a member of the Royal Artillery, mostly of the equipment (large guns, lifting equipment, river rafts, etc.) and soldiers at manoeuvres at the Artillery barracks at Shoeburyness and Woolwich, China (15, by Felice Beato), Abyssinia, Paris during the Commune, and miscellaneous others, 1870s

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Estimate: £2,000–£4,000 hammer ≈ $2,462–$4,925
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Sale: Bonhams — Fine Books and Manuscripts, London, Knightsbridge · 1 March 2017
Record ID: TB-2026-1441451
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MILITARY - ROYAL ARTILLERY AND CHINA Fine album of approximately 130 albumen prints, compiled by a member of the Royal Artillery, mostly of the equipment (large guns, lifting equipment, river rafts, etc.) and soldiers at manoeuvres at the Artillery barracks at Shoeburyness and Woolwich, China (15, by Felice Beato), Abyssinia, Paris during the Commune, and miscellaneous others, 1870s. Bonhams, 1 Mar 2017, lot 34. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-1441451.

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MILITARY - ROYAL ARTILLERY AND CHINA Fine album of approximately 130 albumen prints, compiled by a member of the Royal Artillery, mostly of the equipment (large guns, lifting equipment, river rafts, etc.) and soldiers at manoeuvres at the Artillery barracks at Shoeburyness and Woolwich, China (15, by Felice Beato), Abyssinia, Paris during the Commune, and miscellaneous others, 1870s. Bonhams, 1 Mar 2017, lot 34. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-1441451.

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