[GALLIPOLI] Photographs of the Third Australian General Hospital taken on Lemnos (1915-16) and in Egypt (1916).

A$2,400 · Offered by Douglas Stewart Fine Books

Group of 13 (thirteen) gelatin silver print photographs in uniform 110 x 150 mm format, versos all with a blue wet stamp Photographed by A. W. Savage, No. 3 Australian General Hospital (Not to be used for Publication) , and with a fully contemporary handwritten caption (often with a date) in violet ink; the group comprises 11 photographs taken on Lemnos between August 1915 and January 1916, and two taken in Egypt early in 1916; occasional bleeding of the ink from the versos, one print with small loss at one corner, otherwise condition is very good; the prints are unmounted. [TOGETHER WITH] Two gelatin silver prints both attributable to Savage, but taken with different cameras, one in format 83 x 133 mm, a sepia tone interior shot captioned in pencil on the verso Lemnos 3 AGH AIF SICK NURSES (fine condition), the other in format 90 x 145 mm, inscribed in ink on the verso Sister Leitch with convalescent boys (i.e. Queensland nurse Sister Lilian Leitch, OBE, 1887-1967, who served in the Australian Army Nursing Service on Lemnos and Egypt), no date or location but possibly taken in Egypt (discoloured at edges). Provenance: Elizabeth Cecilia McNally, aka The Duchess of Spring Hill (1909-1996), legendary Brisbane antiques dealer and collector; private collection, Queensland. The following is an excellent overview of Savage s war experience and photographs, by Elise Edmonds, Coordinator, Pictorial Collection, State Library of New South Wales: Albert William Savage was a professional

• Binding: Hardcover

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