Unidentified photographerLebanon , c. 1865. Druse men in arms. Print on albumen paper, pasted on cardboard. Handwritten annotations and signature of Jules de Vorys on the mount: "This brave druse with whom I had been riding a lot in central Lebanon, finally met me; he gave me, on behalf of his master, the superb dagger joined to the sword. Tomorrow I intend to go to Bequerque to pay a visit of thanks to the Maronite patriarch Massade who welcomed us so well and whose recommendations opened so many doors that would have remained closed. Thanks to him, to Colonna, to Héguard and to Moussa Banbino, former drogman of Edmond de Lesseps, Syria has no more secrets for us. 15,6 x 13,4 cmUnidentified photographerLebanon , c. 1865. Druse men in arms. Albumen print, mounted on cardboard. Handwritten annotations and signature of Jules de Vorys on the mount: "This brave druse with whom I had been riding a lot in central Lebanon, finally met me; he gave me, on behalf of his master, the superb dagger joined to the sword. Tomorrow I intend to go to Bequerque to pay a visit of thanks to the Maronite patriarch Massade who welcomed us so well and whose recommendations opened so many doors that would have remained closed. Thanks to him, to Colonna, to Héguard and to Moussa Banbino, former drogman of Edmond de Lesseps, Syria has no more secrets for us". 15,6 x 13,4 cm