Alfred Ezra's diary of a shooting expedition from Calcutta to England overland via the Pamirs and Turkestan in 1902. Calcutta: Printed at the Mercantile Printing Works, 1/1, Pollock Street. 1911
Scope & Content:
Typescript journal covering the period 14 May to 30 November 1902, with photographic illustrations pasted in, documenting a hunting trip in Central Asia made by Aaron (Alfred 'Chips') Elias David Ezra (1872-1955). A note at the end of the volume refers to corrections made to the printed edition,...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1902
Extent:
Bound typescript diary illustrated with 42 gelatin silver prints (plus photographic copy of a map of India)
Genre: Landscape Photography View of two Europeans in canoes on the river. The photograph accompanies an account (pp. 6-8 and continued in the following number) of a canoe cruise 'From Tana, up-river, and then via Inosima and Kanasawa to Yokohama,' made on 18-19 June 1870.