hms sirius (1 Ergebnisse)

No Binding. Zustand: Good. Eighteen b/w photos including 1 photogravure, sized from 9x14cm to 26x21cm. These cover Paris 1935 (nos 1-2), Amman 1935 reprinted c1974 (n3), Paris 1938 (n4), Riyadh 1941 (n5), Jeddah c1946 (n6), US 1947 (n7-15), his aluminium hunting lodge 1953 (n16), and file portraits 1953 or earlier (n17-18). Reflecting general ignorance of the new Saudi state before oil, two of the earliest misidentify him as "Ibn Sehoul" or "Emir Ibn Seoud, King of Arabia". Photogravure VG with small chip to the edge (not touching image), press photos good to very good with captions and ink stamps, occasional edit marks, hard creasing and closed tears. In date order: (1) "Photo 'Intransigeant': Paris - Le prince Seoud recu a l'Elysee lors de son passage a Paris", 1 Jun 1935. Photogravure (Procede Ferniot) 180x130mm. One of a series produced in 1935. Saud before the Elysee Palace with Plenipotentiary Minister of Morocco and first Rector of the Great Mosque in Paris Si Kaddour Ben Ghabit who acted as interpreter, and homme du monde / des lettres Andre de Fouquieres with other French figures. No others located (Getty has the same scene from different angles (Nos 56210748, 104405930)) // (2) "La Fete Aerienne de Nuit a Villacoublay", 2 Jun 1935. Saud seated with French President Albert Le Brun, Aviation Minister General Victor Denain, and Paris Municipality President Georges Contenot for an airshow outside Paris // (3) "Emir Saud's visit to Emir Abdullah in Amman: Aug. 17, 1935 - Group in front of reception tent, Emir Saud and Abdullah with British representative etc, Encyclopaedia Judaica Illust. No. 74/237, Matson Photo Service, Reproduced from the collection of the Library of Congress" c1974. From Saud's tour of Palestine, Egypt, and Transjordan to address escalating unrest, inspect conditions in Palestine, and assist its Arab population // (4) "Arabian King aiding Jew / Arab Truce?", 22 Aug 1938. Saud outside his Paris hotel en route to London for talks on Palestine. As reflected in the title, this sensitive mission was the subject of speculation, with the Melbourne Argus reporting it as "of a private nature" // (5) Full length portrait on Najdi ramparts, possibly Qasr Al-Hukm the seat of government in Riyadh, 17 Jan 1941 // (6) Saud boarding HMS Sirius, uncaptioned and undated, postcard sized. No others of this image located. Possibly produced by HMS Sirius as a souvenir of its courtesy visit to Jeddah at the end of its service with the Mediterranean Fleet in Jan 1946 // (7) Arrival at National Airport DC at the start of his US tour, 1947. Ibn Saud sent him to discuss US-Saudi relations, the Hashemite threat, Palestine, the British role and imminent end of Mandate, and the Aramco concession // (8)-(9) Two views of Undersecretary of State Dean Acheson greeting Saud at National Airport, 14 Jan 1947 // (10)-(11) Differently cropped view of Saud with delegation and US hosts enjoying New York panoramas from the Empire State Building's 86th floor observatory 18 Jan 1947 // (12)-(13) Saud onboard a TWA Constellation from San Francisco to Chicago with Ali Alireza and Captain Fred Pastorius, 27 Jan 1947 // (14) Saud with actors Cornel Wilde and Linda Darnell on set of "Forever Amber", Hollywood 31 Jan 1947 // (15) Saud's "well and truly armed" bodyguard disembarked from Truman's plane at RAF Bovingdon after the US tour, 20 Feb 1947 // (16) "Portable palace for Arab Prince", Saud's British-made aluminium hunting lodge transportable in sections by camel, UK 4 Nov 1953 // (17)-(18) formal file portraits used on occasion of his succession to the throne, 1953 or earlier.