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Unidentified photographer
Scots Guards disembarking at Alexandria
1882 (ca)
Albumen print
9.0 x 13.4 cm (image)
The Royal Collection
RCIN 2501557
LL/93329
Photograph of Scots Guards disembarking a ship at the quayside in Alexandria. There are rows of uniformed soldiers standing in front of the ship, all holding rifles. There is a man wearing civilian clothes walking alongside them and an officer standing alone further down the quay. The Anglo-Egyptian War of 1882 repressed the nationalist ‘Urabi Revolt and led to increased British control of Egypt. The war began with the British bombarding Alexandria.
From the collection of Queen Victoria
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