24 Personal Photographs of the Boer War on glass slides. No information is known of the photographer of this collection, but regardless of this, we are given a very rare insight into everyday life during the war.
Amongst the photographs are Australian troopers from NSW and most of the pictures are captioned. They read as follows "TOMMIES BATHEING, NATIVES, VELDT SCENE, MULE CART, SLEEPING, GATE OF PRETORIA, A SMART RIDER, STABLES S. AFRICA, REGT GOAT, MOUNTED INFANTRY, DRYING DAY, BUTCHER, CAPE CART, BATHEING, VELDT FARM, CAMP BONES, TOMMIES NSW and TRENCHES S AFRICA”.
As far as we know these photographs have not been published before and are in outstanding condition for their age with no damage and very clear images.
Near EF $850