[c.1890].
. Views include street scenes from the old 'stone quarter', the bazaar, the port and sultan's palace viewed from the water, house of wonders and portraits of the Sultan, possibly 'Sayyid Barghash bin Said Al-Busaid' second Sultan of Zanzibar and others, perhaps members of the Sultans immediate family.
Ten albumen prints. Fair tonal range and in good condition, pasted on original board, title in manuscript.
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