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c.1885 Soudan Campaign collection relating to the NSW…
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Melbourne
Date:
22-May-2013
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c.1885 Soudan Campaign collection relating to the NSW Contingent. Includes: three colour lithographs, all framed, dealing with the Australian Soudan campaign: the Embarkation of NSW Troops For Suakim, Artist Charles H Hunt (Australian, 1857-1938), 38.1 x 51.6 cm; the Return of the Soudan Contingent, Scene in Oxford Street, by Gibbs, Shallard & Co, 39 x 51.5 cm; Departure of the NSW Contigent From Sydney For the Soudan, hand coloured, 39.6 x 53.9 cm. Also the Roll-Call-the Return of the NSW Contigent, Livingston Hopkins (American/Australian 1846-1927), line block caricature with letterpress, framed, 26.3 x 41.6 cm. The First Domestic Telegram From Our Troops. A Sketch of the Time, Founded On Fact, John Elder, from Suakim, A souvenir of Australia's First Contingent to the field, letterpress pamphlet, 16pp, 18.3 x 12.4 cm. Dinner Menu for NSW Contingent. Folded menu and program printed in letterpress with engraving by John A. Lowell and text on cover, 17.7 x 11.5 cm [folded]. Invitation to 'An Opening Ceremony of the Soudan Encampment', invitation on card, printed in letterpress, 8.5 x 12.4 cm and NSW Troops Procession, Gresham st, Sydney - Troops Outside Aaron's Exchange Hotel, 1884, albumen paper photograph, titled and numbered '301' in negative lower left, and titled and dated '3rd March' in pencil on backing below image, 15.5 x 20.9 cm. (8 items)
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