Lebanon, Republic. A Signed Portrait of Bechara El Khoury, the First President of Lebanon Archive 31 mm x 36

31 mm x 36

The cuff of each sleeve has a vertical slit closed with a reinforced buttonhole meeting dual horizontally-arranged black bakelite buttons

orb and sword with a laurel branch to the left and an oak branch to the right

containing multiple 1930s and 1940s period black and white photographs that have been colorized

Lebanon, Republic. A Signed Portrait of Bechara El Khoury, the First President of Lebanon Archive 31 mm x 36This well preserved photograph of Bechara El Khoury measures at 235 mm (l) x 175 mm (w) and is accompanied by a short, handwritten note below that reads Au Marquis et la Marquise de Villaverde, en souvenir de leur passage au Liban, et avec mes meilleurs voeux du bonheur, Julien. Le 8 April 1952. This photograph was gifted to the Marquis and Marquess of Villaverde by the President of Lebanon in 1952. It is signed by the photographer on the bottom left