Lebanon, Republic. A Signed Portrait of Bechara El Khoury, the First President of Lebanon Archive orb and sword with a

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

measuring 47 mm (w) x 46

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

with part of the sweatband missing at the rear and the sweatband separating from the body of the cap at the front

Lebanon, Republic. A Signed Portrait of Bechara El Khoury, the First President of Lebanon Archive orb and sword with aThis 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