Malta & the exiled Prince of Abyssinia.- Alamayou (Prince of Abyssinia, son of King Tewodros, captive and exile after a British-Indian expedition to Abyssinia in 1868, 1861-79).- Raven (Newcome Richard, Commissary-General of Ordnance, 1830-1924) Album of photographs, albumen prints, including: Prince Almayou and Captain Speedy in Abyssinian dress, (portrait 93 x 60mm.), views of places and people in Malta, Pompeii, Gibraltar, Rome, Paris, Netley Abbey, Raven and his family, sculptures, portraits etc., c. 110 photographs, most laid down on 60pp., first f. loose, some album ff. with marginal tears, original blind-stamped cloth, gilt, rubbed and soiled, upper cover detached, joints and spines with tears, photographs v.s., v.d., 4to album, 1866-72.

⁂ Photographs include: "Prince of Abyssinia and Captain Speedy taken at Malta 1868"; "Theatre Royal. Valletta Malta opened October 1866"; "La Porta Reale. Valletta. Malta"; "The Grand Harbour, Malta, & HMS Orlando"; "Porte des Bombes, Valletta, Malta"; "Strada Marsa-muscetto, Valletta": "Floriana Gardens Malta. Photographed by Lt. Maycock R.N."; "Royal Italian Opera. Valletta"; "The Roman Forum..."; "Corridor in Vatican"; "Ordnance Office Monkwood Hants"; "Le Tuileries, Paris, destroyed by the Communists in May 1871".

Prince Alamayou was orphaned in 1868 after his father, Tewodros, Emperor of Abyssinia committed suicide after his defeat at Magdala by a British-Indian expedition commanded by General Sir Robert Napier. Captain Tristram Speedy (1836-1910), took the prince under his care and escorted him to Britain, stopping at Malta on the way. At Malta the captain had the prince photographed by Amadeo Preziosi, in European and native costume. After this, the boy was taken to England and was photographed by Julia Margaret Cameron. The boy was for some time in the care of Captain Speedy and his wife, but later was educated in England. He died of pleurisy in 1879. The Royal Collection has an 1883 copy of this photograph.