Furniture, Works of Art, Clocks, Pocket Watches & Scientific Instruments - 26th March 2013
Lot 302
Scenes in New Zealand. A morocco leather and gilt tooled album containing 51 photographs...
Estimate £3,000 - £4,000 | Hammer £2800
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Description
Scenes in New Zealand. A morocco leather and gilt tooled album containing 51 photographs including; landscapes, glazier's, Mt Cook, Maori's, Washing in Hot Pool, Maori Curio's, and Trout Fishing, the cover inset a photograph of a mountain range across a lake and titled 'Scenes in New Zealand. FIELD MARSHAL LORD KITCHENER.', the front page inscribed 'Field Marshall Lord Kitchener, with compts. - J. Ward. W.S. Augton, 24.2.1910.
This album was presented to Lord Kitchener by Sir Joseph Ward, Prime Minister of New Zealand at a civic reception at the Wellington Town Hall on 24th February 1910.
Provenance: Field Marshal Earl Kitchener of Khartoum (1850-1916), and thence by descent.