Bonhams 1793 : SUDAN A collection of 82 silver gelatin prints of tribal groups, ... tour of Sudan in 1929; and diary, and album (3)

A collection of 82 silver gelatin prints of tribal groups, houses, views, and the visiting party taken during the high commissioner's tour of Sudan in 1929, loose, images approximately 85 x 140mm., [1929]; together with a typescript manuscript diary of the tour, and an album of photographs of Lloyd's country house life in Britain (collection)

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George Ambrose Lloyd, first Baron Lloyd (18791941) was appointed high commissioner for Egypt and the Sudan in 1925, remaining - deeply opposed to Egyptian independence - until he was compelled to resign in July 1929. His tour of Sudan, lasting from January and March and covering a total of over 6000 miles, set off with Lloyd travelling in a Roll's Royce, "three touring cars and the necessary baggage lorries, and an escort of the Sudan Defence Motor Machine Gun Battery under a British Bimbahsi".

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