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Antique Royal Presentation Signed Court Photo Haile Selassie Emperor Ethiopia

£1,250.00
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Antique Royal Presentation Signed Court Photo Haile Selassie Emperor Ethiopia

£1,250.00

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Bibelotslondon Ltd is a UK registered company based in London Bridge dealing in ephemera and curiosities from Britain and around the world. Our diverse inventory is carefully chosen and constantly evolving. We work very hard to offer the highest quality works at competitive prices. Our inventory is listed online, and we strive to keep our website completely up to date, so our customers can easily check availability. We believe in offering clients items that are unique and rare for aficionados of the antique and collector's world. Bibelot is a late nineteenth century word derived from the French word bel ‘beautiful’, meaning a small item of beauty, curiosity or interest. The word ephemera is derived from the sixteenth century Greek word ephmera meaning a printed or hand written paper not meant to be retained for a long period of time.

Fine and rare silver-gelatin-gelatine portrait photo signed 'Za-Haile Selassie' and dated 1912 in Amharic by Haile Selassie Emperor of Ethiopia (1892-1975), the photo is by the Court Photographer B.M. Boyadjian in Addis Ababa, and shows him from his Ras Tafari period, preceding his accession as Emperor, he is dressed in formal Court dress with elaborate insignia


Size: 27.5 x 20.5 cm approx


Photos form part of the description


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Sub-Type: Royalty

Type: Historical

Signed: Yes

Object: Signed Photos

Country of Origin: Ethiopia

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