(CORFU) Album containing 50 signed carte de visite portraits

Sale 2097 - Lot 344

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(CORFU)
Album containing 50 signed carte-de-visite portraits of members of the British Military Elites who served in Corfu, including Maj. Genl. Burke Cappage, George Paulet R.N., George Parker R.N., Lamar Conolly (posing in snowshoes), W. J. Power, William Fenwick Williams, Rear Admiral Yelverton, Evelyn Baniey, G. S. Bonny, Chas. Philipps, H. Drummond Wolff, and others; with dried violets from Corfu affixed to the front and rear endpapers. 8vo, debossed morocco, brass clasps; all edges gilt. Circa 1864

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During the British Protectorate (1815-1864) new defensive structures and new buildings were erected in Corfu, such as the barracks, the hospital, and the church of St. George. The military figures and statesmen depicted in this album, some of whose signatures are largely illegible, apparently supervised those programs.