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Dunmore (Earl of), Charles Adolphus Murray, Scenes in Many Lands, from Sketches by the Earl of...
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Dunmore (Earl of), Charles Adolphus Murray, Scenes in Many Lands, from Sketches by the Earl of Dunmore: Eastern & Western Hemispheres, oblong quarto, 3-page preface, 96 collotypes (four double-page, photographic & after original artwork), London: The Autotype Company, c.1897
Provenance: Dominic Winter Auctioneers, 15 December 2021, lot 5.
Lot Footnotes
Note: This is a scarce copy of a sequel to the volume titled 'Scenes in Many Lands: Arctic to the Equator', currently no other copies have been traced at auction or held institutionally. Examples of 'Scenes in Many Lands: Arctic to the Equator', have been sold at auction (Sotheby's: Travel, Atlases, Maps and Natural History, 15 May 2018, lot 176, and 24 May 2022, lot 13). The work includes landscapes and genre photographs from numerous countries including Hong Kong, Shanghai, Chinese coastal areas, Japan, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Canada, Lebanon, Sri Lanka & the South Pacific. Charles Adolphus Murray (1841-1907) was the 7th Earl of Dunmore, he was appointed Lord-in-waiting to Benjamin Disraeli's government from 1874-80, and also served as Lord Lieutenant of Stirlingshire (1875-85) and Lieutenant-Colonel of the 1st Inverness-shire Rifle Volunteers (1882-96). In recognition of his generous support, the Canadian Pacific Railway named the hamlet of Dunmore, Alberta in Earl Dunmore's honour.
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