British diplomat, photographer and illustrator. Served as British consul in Bitola (Monastir) from 1860 until the closure of the British consulate in 1872. Before Macedonia, he served as British diplomat in Damascus and Beirut in 1850, later moved in Thessaloniki in 1856 and finally to be settled in Bitola.
Charles Clavert produced a rare album of photographs and drawings depicting city and ethnic scenes from Bitola region, containing photos of Calvert and family, British consulate in Bitola, and Bitola city scenes and studies of local people in a variety of national dress. The album was sold by the auction house Bloomsbury Auctions on November 14th 2005. (lot number 11E, 450 UK pounds)
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While searching for “Macedonian art” I run in June 2015 to a Romanian antique photos dealer, Mrs. Margarit Sorin from Bucharest Romania. From her vast