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several old black and white photos of a group of people in a fieldmany men standing in a field playing a game of baseballan old photo of a group of men in military uniformsan old photo of a man in uniform holding a swordphotograph of a group of people posing for a picture in a parkseveral old black and white photos of women and children posing for a pictureseveral old black and white photos of a group of people posing for a pictureseveral old black and white photos of people and animals on a wallseveral black and white photos of a man and woman in uniformseveral old black and white photos of people in historical clothinga black and white photo of a group of men in uniformseveral black and white photos of people and animals in a fieldphotograph of a group of men standing on a bridge in front of a crowd of peopleseveral old black and white photos of people on a swing setan old picture of a man standing in front of a flagan old photo of a woman sitting on a benchfour black and white pictures of people standing in front of a picture frameseveral black and white photos of people standing in front of a buildingseveral old black and white photos of people and horses in a townseveral black and white photos of a building with a lot of peopletwo black and white photos of a large crowd of people in a parktwo old black and white photos of people and horses in a courtyardseveral old black and white photos of a building with people in front of itseveral old black and white photos of a group of people posing for a picturetwo black and white photos of a building with a clock on the frontseveral black and white photos of people and animals in a fieldseveral old black and white photos of a group of people in a tentseveral old black and white photos of a group of people in front of a buildingseveral old black and white photos of a group of men on horsesseveral old black and white photos of a group of men and womenfour old black and white photos of men and horses in a fieldtwo black and white photos of a large crowd of people on a boattwo pictures of a man and a woman sitting at a tablea black and white photo of a group of people standing in a fielda black and white photo of a store with many shelvesseveral old photographs of a building and a statue in front of itfour black and white photographs of a statue in a parkan old photo of two women in native clothing posing for a picturefour pictures of people and a train on the tracksseveral black and white photos of people in a field with a horsefour black and white photographs of a garden with a stone archan old photo of a man in a monk ' s robesan old photo of a group of children sitting in a roomtwo old photos of a group of people in a fielda group of people standing in front of a buildingseveral old black and white photos of people and animals in a fielda large piece of paper that has a list of things on itan old photo of a group of people and animals in a fieldan old black and white photo of a group of people working on a farmseveral old black and white photos of people and horses in a field
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[Militaria] Emile Driant (1855–1916), military officer, who served in Tunis and at the École Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr Lot comprising 4 bound Italian-style photo albums and approx. 180 photographic prints on paper, rolled up, totalling over 950 photographic prints, the majority taken by Captain Emile Driant during the 1890s, in Tunisia and at the Saint-Cyr Military Academy, along with various documents Approx. 240 photographic prints mounted in an album, in various formats, some captioned in pencil, from the 1890s, 4th Zouave Regiment in Tunisia Various photographic prints mounted on thick cardboard, including a religious ceremony attended by Cardinal Lavigerie with the guard of honour bearing the Cross of Jerusalem; views of the Roman ruins at Timgad; manoeuvres of the 4th Zouave Regiment; a re-enactment of the Battle of Sidi-Brahim in Tunis; a portrait of the Driant family; etc. ‘4th Z – At the 4th Zouave Regiment – Paul de Sémant’ lithograph, 31 x 24 cm, and programme for the 4th Zouave Regiment’s celebrations, 1898, leaflet Approx. 225 photographic prints mounted in an album, various sizes, some captioned in pencil, 1890s Saint-Cyr Military Academy, documents relating to the ‘Fête du Triomphe’, a ceremony during which the graduating class is officially given its class name Approx. 54 photographic prints mounted in an album, various sizes, 1890s: Saint-Cyr Special Military Academy Approx. 208 photographic prints mounted in an album, various sizes, some captioned in pencil, between 1896 and 1901 Approx. 180 photographic prints on albumen paper, various sizes, rolled, 1890s–1900s FIND THE FULL AND DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THIS LOT IN OUR ONLINE AUCTION CATALOGUE
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Auction time 10/08/2026 at 2:00 PM
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