Leo Bestall, Tel el Kebir
Production date
May 1916
Current rights
Public Domain
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About this object
The photograph shows Leo Bestall standing in the desert at Tel el Kebir, Egypt. The photograph is glued to a page in Leo Bestall's diary and album. He has written at the bottom of the photograph: Looking for souvenirs in the old 1882 trenches. The trenches were from battle of Tel el Kebir. Leo is on the extreme left looking at the camera.
Photographer, unknown.
Date, exact date unknown but probably sometime in April/May 1916 as Leo embarked from Wellington on 1 April 1916.
Photographer, unknown.
Date, exact date unknown but probably sometime in April/May 1916 as Leo embarked from Wellington on 1 April 1916.
Production date
May 1916
Production period
Production technique
Media/Materials description
Black & white photograph.
Media/Materials
Measurements
Height x Width: 64 x 40mm
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Subject person
Subject period
Subject date
May 1916
Current rights
Other number(s)
19145, 91642
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