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William Herbert Clydwn Llewellyn photograph albums
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The creator of these albums, William Herbert Clydwn Llewellyn, was a 2nd Lieutenant of His Majesty's Land Forces of the 1st South Wales Borderers stationed at Amritsar.
Llewellyn was born in Bridgend, Wales on November 1, 1883. He was married to Dorothy Louisa Llewellyn, with whom he had two children, David Reginald and Francis Carwithen Llewellyn.
He enlisted with the South Wales Borderers in 1902 and remained in the army until at least 1912. By 1921, he was recorded as a landowner in Glamorganshire, Wales. Llewellyn died in Wales on June 16, 1976.
His Majesty's Land Forces of the 1st South Wales Borderers was a line infantry regiment of the British Army established in 1689. The battalion was in India from 1902 through 1910 where it had various posts, including Peshawar and Mian Mir near Lahore.
The William Herbert Clydwn Llewellyn photograph albums comprise four volumes containing a total of 79 photographs and 17 loose negatives depicting Llewellyn's family, tourist sites in India, and horses and polo players.
Volume 1 contains mostly family portraits and other photographs of people, including a couple that may be the Llewellyns (p. 1-2) and people rowing boats (p. 10-11), playing tennis (p. 12, 23), and polo (p. 24).
Volume 2 contains mostly tourist-style photographs of architecture and monuments from India. The latter portion (p. 18-24) is blank. Examples include Gantaghar (Northbrook) clock tower in Delhi (p. 4), Jama Masjid in Delhi (p. 12-13), and the cross and ball from Delhi Church shot by mutineers in 1857 (p. 16).
Volume 3 mostly contains photographs of dogs (p. 2-9) and horses (p. 10-15). The latter portion (p. 16-23) of the volume is blank with the exception of a family portrait at the end (p. 24).
Volume 4 depicts polo players and their horses. Some are partially identified as Colonel King Hunter (laid in) and Elgee (p. 8).
Sold by Antiquates Fine & Rare Books (Dorset, England), 2024.
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- University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts
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- Kelin Baldridge Smallwood
- Finding Aid Date
- 2025 December 11
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