Archives photographiques personnelles de la famille... Lot n° 83

Iraq, India, United Kingdom, between 1915 and 1925 Three personal albums, composed of numerous silver prints, illustrating LIEUTENANT COLONEL Francis BALFOUR (1884-1965) travels and diplomatic career in India, Iraq, Egypt and Sudan. - Iraq, Egypt, Sudan, 186 prints circa 1919, with many rare aerial views of the cities of Najaf, Baghdad, Samarra, Kufa, Karbala, Basra, etc.; monuments of the main cities, diplomatic and military events, Christian and Muslim festivals, portraits of tribal chiefs, ethnographic subjects, portraits of the Chukria tribe, etc... - Travancore on tour, 1925, 63 prints, portrait of the Maharani and Maharaja, Cape Comorin, Calcutta, Darjeeling, Tamil Nadu, members of the family, government and household. - India, 111 prints, Madras, Taj Mahal, Fatehpur-Sikri, Agra Fort, personal photos, processions, landscapes... Enclosed is a watercolor "View of the Himalayas" painted in 1924, probably by Phyllis Evelyn Balfour née Goschen (1895-1976), niece by marriage of Lord Balfour. A set of personal photographic archives of the Balfour and Goschen families about his trips and missions in Iraq, India, United Kingdom, between 1915 and 1925.