Studio portrait of a First Australian Imperial Force Light Horse soldier in dress uniform, with his wife and young son. Melbourne, circa 1914.

A$65 · Offered by Douglas Stewart Fine Books

Gelatin silver print photograph, 135 x 85 mm, printed on card stock, verso with studio imprint of J. Ward Symons, Hopkins St., Footscray ; the print has some light edge wear and some tiny traces of silverfishing, and the back has some handling marks. An extremely poignant image of an Australian family about to be separated perhaps forever by the war to end all wars .

• Binding: Hardcover

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