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FENCING EXHIBITION BY FRENCH NAVAL OFFICERS 1880S (HAI PHONG) PHOTOGRAPH

FENCING EXHIBITION BY FRENCH NAVAL OFFICERS 1880S (HAI PHONG) PHOTOGRAPH

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Posed photograph of two French Naval Officers fencing, watched by a crowd of others outside a Mess building in Hai Phong, France's main naval base in Indochina.

Overall 32 x 24.8cm. Black and white photograph laid down to original photographers' mount. Mount soiled and worn at edges, 2.5cm tear to bottom right. Edges of photograph a little chipped, otherwise good.

 

Date
1880

£40.00 (Code: 29491)

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