"Society" Bijou Portraits, No. 69, Baker Pasha.Supplement to "Society," April 26, 1884.
"Ink Photo", Sprague & c.o, London.
London, 1884.
Photogravure. 330 x 210mm (13 x 8¼"). Creasing in upper and lower left corners. Bit dusty.
Portrait of Valentine Baker, also known as Baker Pasha (1827-1887). He joined the British Army after his formal education. His was dismissed after he was charged with assualting a woman on a train. After serving his sentence he joined the Ottoman Army but after helping to achieve a peace, he moved to Cairo after being offered command of the Egyptian police, a position he held until his death.
[Ref: 53874] £75.00
London, 1884.
Photogravure. 330 x 210mm (13 x 8¼"). Creasing in upper and lower left corners. Bit dusty.
Portrait of Valentine Baker, also known as Baker Pasha (1827-1887). He joined the British Army after his formal education. His was dismissed after he was charged with assualting a woman on a train. After serving his sentence he joined the Ottoman Army but after helping to achieve a peace, he moved to Cairo after being offered command of the Egyptian police, a position he held until his death.
[Ref: 53874] £75.00