The Beckoning
Mark came of a long line of compulsive photographers, and he had inherited a large, and extremely valuable collection of photographs; many of which dated back to the 1860s. They held images from the American Civil War; the Boer War; the first and second world wars. The Korean War, besides numerous other minor colonial conflicts. There were also photos of the great Durbars in Delhi, at the heyday of the Raj; others taken in Burma, Malaya and Imperial China; in Africa and the Middle East; all... Sign in to see full entry.