Fine Arts · Los 5001
[World War I]. Lot
of ±180 (press) photographs, incl. a few duplicates, 1914-1918, between ±15x20 and 22x29 cm., (nearly) all with mounted typescript caption in English or Dutch on verso (occas. in pencil), partly w. censor's, photographer's and/ or press agency's stamp on verso.
- Los
- 5001
- Auktion
- Auction 81, 18-22 Nov 2024
- Abteilung
- FINE ARTS - PHOTOGRAPHS
- Schätzpreis
- 600 € – 800 €
- Fotos
- 2 Fotos
Anmerkungen
Interesting collection, incl. official press photographs showing i.a. General Smuts inspecting his troops, H.M. the King inspecting war booty, soldiers digging and restoring trenches, ruins of towns taken by the English (i.a. Athie, Boisleux au Mont, Courcelles, Peronne, Tilloy, Ypres), scenes of the front from the Aisne and Marne, burial scenes, crashed zeppelins, scenes aboard allied ships and in general the incredible devastation of the towns and villages on the Western front. Also including a series of photographs showing "What the daughters of Britain are doing" (mostly of women at work in munition and arms factories). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LVIII.