Royal visits
(87) D.521 - King of Montenegro and Lt. Gen. Sir E.H.H. Allenby
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| First World War 'Official Photographs' > Royal visits > (87) D.521 - King of Montenegro and Lt. Gen. Sir E.H.H. Allenby |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/74547350 |
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| Description | This shows King Nikola I Petrovic of Montenegro (1860-1918) standing beside Lt.Gen. Sir E.H.H. Allenby outside a large house with louvered shutters. The king is in Montenegrin costume, with loose trousers held at the waist with a wide coloured sash and a long white coat. The photograph was taken by John Warwick Brooke. Allenby was a commander in the Western Front until 1917 when he was given command of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force and received the surrender of Jerusalem in December 1917. [Original reads: 'OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH FROM THE WESTERN FRONT. King of Montenegro and Lt. Gen. Sir E.H.H. Allenby.'] |
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| Description | Photographs of royal visits to the Western Front. Royal visits were seen as an important way of boosting morale. |
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| Description | Black-and-white photographs mainly of the Western Front during the First World War. Official British war photographers took many of them for propaganda purposes. Unless otherwise stated, titles are the photographs' original captions. From the papers of Field Marshal (Earl) Haig (1861-1928). The Haig Papers also contain Douglas Haig’s diaries. |
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| Shelfmark | Acc.3155 |
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