Harold Holt, 17th Prime Minister of Australia : signed and inscribed portrait photograph

Gelatin silver print photograph, 155 x 110 mm, mounted in the original portfolio of the Athol Shmith studio, Collins Street, Melbourne (label to verso), boldly inscribed in black felt-tip pen below the photograph ‘Greetings from Harold Holt’; very fine.

Harold Edward Holt (1908-1967) served as 17th Prime Minister of Australia from 26 January 1966 to 19 December 1967, when he was officially pronounced dead after drowning in the sea at Cheviot Beach near Portsea, Victoria on 17 December. His body was never recovered.