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1890ABC_46444Tunis: Photographie Garrigues 1890. Half black leather red buckram sides blind-stamped boards and gold-stamped spine title in gold lettering on front board marbled endpapers. Oblong album 32 x 41 cm. Album with 50 photographic prints of various sizes 13.5 x 9.5 to 29 x 21.5 cm each pasted on thick paperboard. Album with 50 late-nineteenth-century photographic probably albumen prints of scenes in Algeria and Tunisia made by an unknown photographer. Most of the photographs have a caption naming the place photographed but only 5 indicate place of production or publication of the photos. These were all produced in Tunis at least some by the French photographer J. Garrigues printed and published at his studio. Notable photographs in this album are the first showing a veiled woman a barber at work in the streets riders on their horses camels with riders and luggage the Notre Dame d'Afrique in Algiers. Other subjects include city views fairly candid photos of people in the streets landscapes and the exterior and interior of a mosque.The most remarkable print in this album actually does not fit in with the other images of places in North Africa. It is a photograph of pilgrims before the Great Mosque and Kaaba in Mecca modern day Saudi Arabia with a caption in Arabic. This photograph was taken by the first Arab photographer Al-Sayyid Abd al-Gaffar ca. 1887 making it one of the first photographs of Mecca. The present album contains this picture in its original form including the Arabic caption. An edited version of the photograph in which remnants of the Arabic caption are visible can be found in Hurgronje's Bilder aus Mekka.With a small Antwerp booksellers ticket on the front paste-down". The binding shows some signs of wear slight foxing/browning of the outer edges of the paper boards not affecting the photographic prints some prints have slightly faded edges which does not interfere with the actual image. This album with photographic prints of Algeria Tunisia and remarkably 1 of the Great Mosque and Kaaba in Mecca is overall in good condition. Photographie Garrigues, hardcover
1870ABC_47963Madrid 1870. Contemporary gold- and blind-stamped green leather with the intials "M.L.B." blind-stamped on the front board gold-tooled turn-ins green watered silk endpapers gilt edges. Oblong folio 62 x 46.5 cm. With 72 large size albumen photographic prints with architectural views including numerous views of Spanish and Western Islamic architectural treasures ca. 33.5 x 24.5 cm 3 large composite photographic panoramas the Alhambra and Granada Cordoba and San Sebastian and 5 photographs of people 3 handcoloured photographs of Spanish costumes and 2 portraits of a woman. 58 of the 72 photographs contain the name of photographer title and number of the image in the negative. An exceptional album with fine views of Sevilla Granada Cordoba San Sebastian and many more. The photographer Jean Laurent was born in France but opened a photo studio in Madrid in 1856. In 1858 the Spanish government commissioned him to photograph the construction of the railroad line from Madrid to Alicante. The results were published and exhibited in many places which brought him considerable success. From 1861-68 Laurent held the title of "Fotógrafo de S. M. la Reina" and produced photos of members of the Spanish royal family. His photo studio in Madrid became one of the best-known from his time which allowed him to open gallery in Paris where he exhibited and sold premium-quality prints from his work in Spain. Although he was interested in industrialisation and intended to convey the image of a modern and economically flourishing country his photographs of the more picturesque aspects of Spain became more popular. The present album contains 34 views of Western Islamic architectural structures and a large 4-part folding panorama of the Alhambra and Granada. Furthermore it contains two examples of photographs on leptographic paper a collodio-chloride printing paper which was sold ready to use. Its manufacture was perfected by Laurent in collaboration with Martínez-Sánchez in 1866.With some slight signs of wear around the spine and the corners of the boards the panorama views are mounted on grey cloth which is somewhat foxed not affecting the actual photograph the album leaves are very slightly browned. Overall in very good condition.l Hannavy Encyclopedia of Nineteenth-Century Photography II 829/830. hardcover
1900ABC_495491900. Contemporary gold- and blind-tooled burgundy buckram with the title and volume number lettered in gold on the front and spine a double fillet border on both boards blind-tooled turn-ins gold and burgundy floral end papers gilt edges. Folio. With 50 photographic reproductions in black and white mounted onto thick passe-partout leaves separated by thinner leaves onto which typed descriptions are mounted. 2 volumes. Remarkable photographic album beautifully reproducing the paintings from the Shah Jahan Album also known as the Kevorkian Album. The album compiled by the Mughal emperor Jahangir 1569-1627 and his son Shah Jahan 1592-1666 contains miniatures from the best painters of the Mughal era such as Govardhan Mansur Daulat Payag and Chitarman with calligraphic text by famous calligraphers such as Mir' Ali Haravi. The 50 exquisite photographs accurately reproduce the details of the original miniatures highlighting the iconographic and stylistic richness of Mughal art.Mughal albums also known as muraqqa usually included existing works in the patrons collection as well as works created specifically for the album such as paintings and drawings folios from preparatory pattern books and calligraphy specimens. They were not bought ready-made but compiled over a longer period of time by its owners. Emperor Jahangir commissioned the first folios for the Shah Jahan Album around 1620 and his son continued after his death. Shah Jahan's additions are stylistically different from Jahangir's with more portraits and illumination and the inclusion of calligraphy pages. After his death the muraqqa now with 39 miniatures passed onto his son Aurangzeb 1618-1707 who did not commission any more folios. The muraqqa left the royal library in the early 19th century and was likely acquired by an art dealer from Delhi who added 11 miniatures around 1820. These were made in the 19th century but imitated the 17th-century style of the others. In the 20th century the muraqqa was bought by the New York art dealer Hagop Kevorkian who sold 9 folios to the Freer Gallery of Art in Washington and the remaining 41 to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York where they still reside.The spectacular Shah Jahan Album is a collection of 50 single-page paintings which include intimate nature studies and portraits of the royal family and various dignitaries framed by a beautiful floral border. Each painting is faced by a single page of illuminated calligraphy made by renowned calligraphers. The photographs in the present work each mounted in a passepartout carefully reproduce the single-page paintings and three of the four calligraphic pages that open the collection. They are accompanied by a foreword and a short description of each painting which appear to be taken from an auction catalogue and were likely added later. A valuable testament to the interest in Mughal art in the 20th century this collection constitutes a seemingly unique iconographic resource as we have not been able to find another copy. There is no mention of a publisher or photographer but the quality of the prints suggests careful production intended for and commissioned by a scholar or collector specialising in Indian art. The present copy was part of the collection of Dr Ebadollah Bahari 1929-2018 noted historian of Persian art author of Bihzad master of Persian painting 1996 and benefactor of the Bahari Curatorship of Persian Collections at the Bodleian Libraries University of Oxford.The boards have been rubbed with minor loss of material on the back board of both volumes the joints are slightly weakened but the structural integrity of the bindings is still intact. Some of the mounted descriptions are lightly foxed. Otherwise in good condition. hardcover
1870053004-KItaly 1870. Book. Illus. by Giacomo Brogi. Very Fine. No Binding. Albumen Mammoth Print c. 1870's By Giacomo Brogi 1822- 1881 Italian. Very rare photographic image by this artist in the original restored frame . This is not one of the standard tourist pictures that you find but a true work of art by this master photographer. Both Brogi and the Alinari Brothers worked as photographers and took the standard architecture ruins photos in Italy most being small 8"x10" Albumen prints but they did art photography also and to find one is a rare treat . This piece shows three men in a row boat on the Tiber River with Castel Saint`Angelo Mausoleum of Adrian on the right the Saint`Angelo bridge to the castle in the middle in the far distance you can see St. Peter's Dome . Looking around the photo the men in the boat you can see their reflection in the water. With sheep on the right shore and the clouds rolling by above it all this is a very importain photographic image by this artist . Please call for more information on this and other works of art. Size: 32 x 23. unknown
187454520Paris: Arthus Bertrand 1874. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. Four volumes folio 36 by 27 cm text volumes 36.2 by 28.6 cm atlas. Complete with a total of 99 plates in various media. Text in French; copious transcriptions of Arabic inscriptions in the second volume. 4 IV 388 pp. in-text illustrations throughout; 6 222 6 pp; 4 VI 326 pp.14 plates numbered I-XIV: 2 double-suite chromolithographic maps 2 double-suite chromolithograpic arrays of geologic sections; 2 steel-engraved arrays of geologic sections; 8 full-page lithographic specimen plates; Atlas: 4 pp; 67 plates documenting the journey of the Duc de Luynes: 3 unnumbered steel-engraved plates - 1 large folding map colored 1 folding itinerary colored 1 double-suite plan of the iron sailing vessel; numbered I-LXIV - 64 hand-pulled b/w photogravures on steel 1 double-suite by Charles Nègre after photos by Jardin and Louis Vignes; 18 plates documenting the journey of Christophe Mauss numbered I-XVIII: 1 double-suite steel-engraved itinerary 3 steel engraved site plans 1 colored 14 tinted lithographs by Eugène Ciceri after photographs by Henri Sauvaire 8 mistakenly attributed to Louis Vignes.<br /> <br /> Later half light brown morocco over marbled boards gilt spine with raised bands; marbled endleaves; original blue printed wrappers preserved along with the backstrips the three text volumes. Text leaves intermittently foxed throughout often in light-moderately toned large blotches. Plates clean and fresh with only occasional touches of soiling or faint foxing almost exclusively confined to the margins; large folding map and folding itinerary in the Atlas with more notable light foxing. A very good set with fine plates.<br /> <br /> First edition of this comprehensive report on one of the most important scientific and archaeological missions of the nineteenth century the 1864 expedition to the Dead Sea undertaken by the visionary art collector archaeologist and scientist Honoré Paul Joseph d'Albert duc de Luynes 1802-1867. Along with an atlas containing 78 reproductions of photographs by Louis Vignes 1831-1896 Jardin fl. 1864 and Henri Joseph Sauvaire 1831-1896 this work documents "the first systematic attempt to survey and photograph the geological features and cities of the Dead Sea basin in present-day Jordan. In addition to mapping the Dead Sea area the expedition made significant contributions to the geological and paleontological knowledge of the region and also to an understanding of the chemical composition of the lake's waters" GRI. Louis Vignes a lieutenent-commander in the French navy and director since 1860 of the port in Beirut was chosen by de Luynes as photographer for the expedition because of his knowledge of the Levant. "Vignes began to photograph immediately upon arrival in Beirut and continued to do so during the ride south throughout Sidon Tyre Nablus and Jerusalem. From March 14 until May 29 the party sailed the entire Dead Sea on a special iron vessel designed by Vignes to be dismantled for easy trasportation" Perez.<br /> <br /> A preliminary account edited by Vignes appeared as Extrait des notes d'un voyage d'exploration à la mer Morte dans le Wady Arabah sur la rive gauche du Jourdain et dans le désert de Palmyre Paris: H. Plon 1865. This work essentially comprised a key to the two maps drawn by Vignes with assistance from Dr. Gustave Combe. The larger of the two maps charted the Jordan Rift Valley from the southern end of the Dead Sea to the Gulf of Akabah; the second map depicts the Dead Sea and its immediate vicinity. "In addition to tracing the expedition's routes place names elevations vegetation land conditions natural features and many other geomorphic and climatic details are recorded on the maps" GRI. In the Atlas volume of the Voyage these two maps have been combined into a single map printed surface: 69.7 by 28.8 cm. In 1866 de Luynes made a second expedition to the region accompanied by the archaeologist Christophe Edouard Mauss and Henri Sauvaire; their account was published the following year in the Bulletin de la Société de Géographie as "De Karak à Chaubak. Extrait d'un Journal de voyage."<br /> <br /> De Luynes' full account of the expedition is found in the first volume of the present report. The two parts of the second volume comprise Louis Vignes' account of the journey from Petra Jordan to Palmyra Syria along with the account of the 1866 journey from Jerusalem to the Crusader castles in Jordan at Kerak and Shoubak Montréal written by Mauss and Sauvaire. The third volume contains the report prepared by the noted geologist Louis Lartet 1840-1899 who would go on to discover the first Cro-Magnon skeletons. It is accompanied by chromolithographic maps and arrays of geological and paleontological elevations along with finely detailed lithographic specimen plates. The entire production was posthumously edited by Melchior marquis de Vogüé 1829-1916.<br /> <br /> A member of the Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres de Luynes was a philanthropist with enormous inherited wealth and deep interdisciplinary interests many of which are on display in the present work: the study and collection of Greco-Roman antiquities notably from Phoenicia and Palestine and the pursuit of scientific interests in chemistry geology and photography. In 1856 de Luynes initiated a competitionin in conjunction with the Societé Française de Photographie to find the best method of photomechanical reproduction. Two people were short-listed for the prize: the chemist and photographer Alphonse Louis Poitevin for his method of photolithography; and the pioneering photographer Charles Nègre 1820-1880 whose photogravure method "produced beautiful prints but was even more complicated and unwieldy in practice the Poitevin's method" Parr & Badger. Although Poitevin was finally awared the prize in 1867 de Luynes chose Nègre to process the 64 reproductions which appear in the first suite of images in the Atlas. "The Duc's decision was clearly based on aesthetics" as Nègre's photogravure process actually improved upon the albumen prints by Vignes "which tended to be high in contrast and lacking shadow detail" Parr & Badger. These 64 photogravures are arranged according to the expedition itinerary starting at Beirut and concluding with a view of the source of the Hasbany River. These images along with views of Nablus the ruins of Araq el-Emir the fortified hilltop palace Machaerus the rock-cut architecture of Petra the Greco-Roman ruins of Gerasa and views of the tributaries and source of the Jordan River are "among the earliest photomechanical reproductions of photographs from the Holy Land" Nir. Along with John Thomson's Illustrations of China and its People 1874 Voyage d'exploration à la mer Morte 1868-1874 is a "key work" in the early development of the photobook. "Amongst the best early French photographers" Charles Nègre "was a leading figure in the development and employment of photomechanical processes. These early methods were still labour-intenseive and could be termed hand-craft processes but they represent another significant step in the industrialization of the photographic process -- a step towards the halftone block and the photobook as we know it today" Parr & Badger.<br /> <br /> A note on the dating of this work: Title-pages undated; the publisher's avertissement in the first volume dated "Constantinople août 1874." N.B.: Rohricht dates the work 1871-1876; the Bibliotèque national de France dates the Atlas 1871; The Getty Research institute dates the entire production 1875; several libraries date the geological survey volume 1877. References: P. Foliot "Louis Vignes and Henry Sauvaire Photographers of the Expedition of the Duc de Luynes" History of Photography 1990 vol. 14 no. 3 pp. 233-250; Getty Research Institute "Duc de Luynes Archive and Related Photographs by Henri Sauvaire" via website; Hannavy Encyclopedia of Nineteenth-Century Photography I pp. 982-5 Nègre; Y. Nir The Bible and the Image 1985 p. 89; Parr & Badger I pp. 19 33; N. Perez Focus East Early Photography in the Near East 1988 pp. 180 Jardin 229 Vignes; Rohricht 2824.<br /> <br /> Full title and imprint: Voyage d'Exploration a la mer Morte a Petra et sur la rive gauche du Jourdain par M. le Duc de Luynes. Oeuvre posthume publiée par ses petits-fils sous la direction de M. le Comte de Vogüé. Relation du Voyage. Paris: Arthus Bertrand Éditeur Libraire de la Société de Géographie 21 rue Hautefeuille 21 Tome deuxième De Petra a Palmyre par M. Vignes. Voyage de Jérusalem a Karak et a Chaubak par MM. Mauss et Sauvaire; Tome troisième Géologie par M. Louis Lartet; Atlas. Arthus Bertrand hardcover
187224393Boston and New York: Alexander Moore and Lee Shepard & Dillingham 1872. Hardcover. Very good. Third edition revised and enlarged; second printing. Small quarto pp. v-x xi-xii 13-98 with two maps and 20 original mounted albumen photographs credited to Boston photographer John Soule. In publisher's green cloth with beveled edges; front board decorated in gilt black and rose; all edges gilt; each text page and each photograph bordered in red. A very good copy with rubbing and fraying to corners and spine ends bookplate of Canadian bookseller and collector G. Ducharme on front pastedown handwritten date of December 15 1872 on front free endpaper evidence of an erased ink stamp on title page. Lacks tissue guard over plate facing p. 35 all others present. Contents sound and clean. This is the rarest and most desirable edition of this work as it is the only one to contain 20 rather than 10 mounted photographs. Kneeland 1821-1888 was a physician naturalist and Professor of Zoology and Physiology at MIT. This book is based on his first visit to the Yosemite Valley in 1870 and includes a narrative of his trip from and return to Boston. "Kneeland made every effort to obtain current and accurate information and each of the later editions of the guide incorporates new material.Weston J. Naef in his book Era of Exploration the Rise of Landscape Photography in the American West 1860-1885.comments that the photographs 'are curious because there is no evidence that Soule a talented landscape photographer was ever in California.which suggests that he might have purchased the negatives from a California photographer not an uncommon transaction'" Currey & Kruska 225. Eadweard Muybridge and Martin Hazeltine are both considered strong candidates to have been the actual photographer. Farqhuar #10; Cowan p. 333. Only two copies of this edition have appeared at auction in the past 30 years and there are no others on the market as of September 2025. Alexander Moore [and] Lee, Shepard & Dillingham hardcover
1900List1916Purcell 1900. Unmounted gelatin silver prints and one mounted boudoir card most images measuring 8 x 5 and 7 x 4 ½ inches. Varying levels of fading else about fine. With gallery stamps of Fenn Gallery Santa Fe verso. Near Fine. In the years following the Land Run of 1889 which opened land in Indian Territory to Euro-American settlement professional and amateur photographers alike moved to the region. Their motives varied with some attempting to document the vanishing indigenous culture and others trying to capitalize on the Euro-American demand for photographs of Native Americans in both traditional and western attire. Some studios would use single sets of props for different tribes. Despite these issues the images from the period do illuminate the period of acculturation and displacement in the history of the Southern Plains Indians tribes and also provide a record of the motives of the Euro-American photographers behind the camera. <br /> <br /> William J. Lenny and William L. Sawyers were photographers working out of Purcell in the years immediately following the land rush. They photographed the tribes on the Kiowa-Comanche-Apache and Wichita-Caddo reservations. Lenny was a field photographer and likely took most of the photographs while Sawyer managed the studio. Offered here are a very extensive group of photographs taken by the duo - twenty-seven in total - giving a visual record of the Kiowa and other tribes during this period. Some of these images - though not these copies - were included in the Museum of the Great Plains Exhibition In Citizen’s Garb and we have included their reference numbers where applicable. <br /> <br /> Overall an uncommonly large group in fine condition with some fading. From the collection of Forest Fenn the noted Santa Fe gallerist. <br /> <br /> 1. Indian Police / Kiowa and Comanches Supplied Title. The images shows seven mounted police officers with the one furthest to the left appearing to be Euro-American. <br /> <br /> 2. Arko Captain of the Indian Police Comanche. Supplied Title Indian police commonly earned $8-$10 per month to work on the reservation where their duties included expelling intruders bringing children to the schools curbing crime and preventing the sale of alcohol. He’s dressed traditionally including a single feather worn as a headdress. In Citizen’s Garb 32<br /> <br /> 3. Chief Tow-Wac-A-Ny and Wives. Wichitas. Supplied Title. A portrait of ‘Towacany Jim’ a famous military scout posed with a Navajo-style blanket along with his two wives. The women are wearing purchased shoes common in this period. He earned $10 per month as leader of the Indian Police and traveled to Washington D.C. on diplomatic missions. Fine contrast. <br /> <br /> 4. Big Tree’s Boy and Girl. Kiowas. Supplied Title A portrait of two children of the chief Big Tree. The pair wear traditional dress. Faded. <br /> Big Tree. <br /> <br /> 5. Kiowa Chief. Supplied Title A portrait of A’Do-Ette or Big Tree the Kiowa chief. Fine contrast. <br /> <br /> 6. Portrait of A’Do-Ette . He wears the same costume used by the photographers for various other tribal leaders including a large headdress. Faded. <br /> <br /> 7. Chief Big Tree’s Daughters. Kiowas. Supplied Title The image shows two girls identified as Alma left and Leena right. Alma wears a dress of dark buckskin. Both girls have beaded bags known as “Strike-a-Light†bags hanging from belts. <br /> <br /> 8. Lone Wolf. Kiowa Chief. Supplied Title A photograph of Mamay-day-te or Lone Wolf the Younger in the same costume used for O’Do-Ette’s portrait and others. Some fading.<br /> <br /> 9. Photograph of Laura Dunmore or Laura Pedrick. Dunmore was a graduate of Carlisle School and sister of Chief Aptone. She is pictured here with a parasol tartan cloth and tinkling cone earrings providing a striking study in fashion during this period. Fine contrast. <br /> <br /> 10. Photograph of a Camp Scene in Summer on a Reservation. This scene perhaps a Kiowa-apache camp contains a tipi made of canvas instead of hides. A man in an expensive set of purchased clothing sits in the foreground. Excellent contrast. In Citizens Garb 9<br /> <br /> 11. Photograph of a Camp Scene in Summer. A variant of our no. 10 showing the same scene from a different angle. Excellent contrast. <br /> <br /> 12. Chief Wild Horse Supplied Title Title written in ink on margin. A photograph of Kobay-O-Burra second chief of the Quahadi who took over principal chieftanship when Parra-o-Coom died in 1874. <br /> <br /> 13. Photograph of Mamay-Day-Te Lone Wolf. A variant pose as number 8 with the same dress. <br /> <br /> 14. Photograph of Five Comanche in Mixed Attire. They have been identified as Pah-do-pony top left To-pooh bottom right and Big Kiowa bottom left brother of Pah-do-pony and Perk-a-Quannard. In Citizens Garb 14<br /> <br /> 15. Apache Papoose Supplied Title. A photograph of a child in traditional dress. Faded. <br /> <br /> 16. Photograph of Four Indigenous Subjects in Mixed Attire. A portrait of a man and three women the man in a Euro-American style suit and the women in a mix of traditional dress using trade fabrics. Excellent contrast. <br /> <br /> 17. Portrait of an Unidentified Man. A portrait of a man in heavy fringe breechcloth and fringed leggings. This was marketed under the name “Big Tree’s Son†in the 1890s and the subject is identified as Kiowa in the In Citizens Garb catalog. In Citizens Garb 16<br /> <br /> 18. Kiowa Squaw and Papoose Supplied Title. A photograph of a woman and a child in a studio setting. Very good contrast. <br /> <br /> 19. Portrait of Zah-Tay or Lizzie Woodward. Zah-Tay appeared in other photographs with her niece and son. <br /> <br /> 20. Portrait of Cora Caruth. A portrait identified as Cora Caruth who graduated from an Indian School perhaps Carlisle and eventually worked as an interpreter for Wichita at Anadarko. Fine contrast. <br /> <br /> 21. Portrait of a Man in a Serape. A portrait of a seated man in a serape or striped Mexican blanket. A breechcloth legging and moccasins can be seen under the serape. In Citizens Garb 23<br /> <br /> 22. Chief Cat. Kiowa. Supplied Title A photograph of Ba’o Cat also Goon-Saudle-Te who wandered from camp in Colorado when he was twelve and was not recovered for five years. Comanches sheltered him. Fine contrast.<br /> <br /> 23. Kiowas. Supplied Title A portrait of Lizzy Woodward Oliver and her niece posed in Kiowa clothing. Oliver is in a beaded cradleboard Lizzy’s dress was tied with Tartan cloth and wears traditional Kiowa moccasins. In Citizen’s Garb 10<br /> <br /> 24. Portrait of Lizzy Woodward Her Niece and Oliver. A variant of our no. 23 with Oliver and Woodward in different dress. Fine contrast. <br /> <br /> 25. Portrait of Two Kiowa Girls. Two girls pose one in buckskin dress decorated in paint. Buckskin would become less frequent. Fading. In Citizen’s Garb 2<br /> <br /> 26. Big Tree’s Papoose. Kiowa. Supplied Title. A portrait of Alma later known as Mrs. Ahote. Fine contrast. <br /> <br /> 27. Kiowa Braves. Supplied Title A photograph of two young men on horseback. Very good contrast to foreground slight fading to background.<br /> <br /> 28. A Young Kiowa Warrior Supplied Title. A photograph of Enoch Smokey later known as Apenguadal who lived near Verden Oklahoma. His mother was noted as a beadworker and his horse is fitted with unusually decorative gear. His personal dress includes a hairpipe breastplate and a pelt around his arms. In Citizens Garb 36<br /> <br /> 29. Portrait of a Standing Kiowa Man. He wears the same headdress used in other studio photographs. Some fading. <br /> <br /> 30. Unidentified Man Possibly Euro-American Posed in a Headdress in Studio Setting. This is a mounted image unlike the others with the Lenny & Sawyers mount. The subject appears to be Euro-American and wears the same headdress used by the Indigenous subjects in several of the earlier photographs. He holds a prop bow and arrow. <br /> <br /> An uncommonly large group of images which in total provide an impressive visual record of this period of forced acculturation and transition in dress. unknown
1900H9GCKI5261RRZanzibar Madagascar Mayette 1900. Brown cloth album made by M. Andouard in Paris decorated endpapers. Oblong album 25 x 34 cm with 47 silver gelatin photographic prints many with handwritten captions in French. The photographs vary in size from 8 x 5.5 cm to 27 x 20.5 cm. The 30 panorama photographs measure 5.5 x 17.5 cm. 10 10 blank ll. A unique set of views from Zanzibar and Madagascar taken five years after the French military intervention of 1894/95 also called the Second Madagascar expedition. The unidentified photographer can be seen in three of the photographs wearing a white coat and white pith sun helmet being the French tropical style as used by white colonial troops since 1878 suggesting the photographers connection with the French colonial army. His travel partner is occasionally shown as well. Their visit took place during the final years of the notorious slave trading activities of Tippu Tip 1837-1905 in Zanzibar.The photo album opens with a portrait of a young Sakalavan woman in a beautiful dress. Three other photographs show other native women as well including one family with a baby. The majority of the photographs are panoramic views showing villages harbours coasts and landscapes the first dated 28 November 1900. The only full-page photograph in the album shows an Arab caravan marching along the beach. Rare are the few photographs taken in Mayotte giving some highly uncommon scenes of the island nation's pre-development era.Binding somewhat scratched spine slightly worn. The front endleaf clipped. Only a few photographs slightly faded: in very good condition. hardcover
1865ABC_47974Granada 1865. All albumen photographic prints 18 x 24 cm are mounted on black card stock 29.5 x 21 cm. Collection of 19th-century albumen photographic prints of the Alhambra in Spain by Charles Mauzaisse ca. 1823-1885; fl. 1860s. The beautiful images show many different parts of the Alhambra especially of the court and palace of lions including the central fountain and the pavillion with the oriental dome that was added in 1859 and later removed. The Alhambra is a medieval palace and fort of Moorish or Muslim rulers of the Kingdom of Granada in Andalusia in the South of the Iberian Peninsula. Additionally the collection contains one photograph of the tomb of the Catholic monarchs which is located in the Royal Chapel of Granada.During the 19th century tourism was booming. Travellers wanted to take proof of their travels home and often did so in the form of photographs. Many photographers took the opportunity to sell their work to tourists. Charles Mauzaisse son of the painter Jean Baptiste Mauzaisse traveled to the south of Spain and fell in love with Granada where he would develop his professional activity alongside other renowned photographers such as Laurent Coutourier and Dubois. All of them - aware of the lucrative field of work that the image of the Alhambra offered - settled more or less definitively in the city just as Masson or Count Vigier did in Seville or Clifford and Laurent in Madrid.The prints are slightly yellowed and some images were possibly overexposed or have faded slightly all prints show clear signs of having previously been mounted on another surface. Some prints have small tears in the edges. The print of the 2 Moroccan women in the Alhambra is probably by a different photographer but the name has been cut off. The collection gives a beautiful insight into 19th-century photography in the Iberian Peninsula - showing off the beautiful Arabic- and Muslim-influences architecture in Granada. unknown
1898ABC_457021898. 2 PARK Superintendent. 1898. Catalogue of photographs by Sergeant A.J. Clarke R.E. taken during Tirah Expedition 1897-1898. Kirkee Pune India Sappers and Miners' Press 1898. Small folio 22 x 14.5 cm 4 pp. With a lithographed title-page. Loosely inserted in the album. Collection of photographs taken by a British Indian Army officer who served in the Peshawar Column during the Tirah Expedition in the Northwest Frontier of India from June 1897 to April 1898 including a manuscript Key that identifies seven British officers that are in the first photo of the album and a list of captions to 10 photos in the album.The Tirah Expedition was aimed against the Afridi and Orakzai tribes in British Indias Northwest Frontier modern-day Khyber Pashtunkhwa province of Pakistan. One of many Northwest Frontier campaigns of British India the Tirah campaign concentrated on the area west and south of Peshawar in the mountainous region between the valleys of the Bara and Kohat Rivers. The album primarily documents the actions of the Tirah field forces Peshawar Column under command of Brigadier-General Arthur George Hammond 1843-1919 which followed the route of the Bara Valley.The present photo album contains 8 large albumen photos documenting the movement of the Peshawar Column. The large photos were taken by W. Rahn according to the memoirs of Peshawar Column officer Richard Thomsett we had a photographer named Rahn with the column and he accompanied us until we arrived at Ali Masjid in December 1897 when an accident necessitated his returning to India. Rahn was a German who had come out to the East some twenty years before and seemed to be ubiquitous for wherever we were there he was with his camera ready and I must say he took some very excellent pictures.The present album also includes 43 smaller gelatin photos with manuscript captions for 10 of them on a small piece of paper perfectly describing the photos on leaves 5 and 9 of the album. The album is supplemented with a rare 4-page brochure no doubt produced in a small print-run that lists 99 photos. About 20 have been marked by hand in pencil probably by the albums compiler. The brochure indicates that the present photos could be purchased from the Bombay Sappers and Miners.8 of the large photos have contemporary manuscript captions in ink on the mounts. 2 marks on the front paste-down reading "photographs by British Royal Engineers. Tirah Expedition 1897-1898 North India. Binding slightly rubbed on extremities the original 5 cords replaced with 3 new black cords hinged to stubs . A few images mildly faded. The additional manuscript leaves foxed and worn. Otherwise in good condition.l The navy and army illustrated V no. 53 24 December 1897 pp. 150-152 4 of the 8 large photographs & no. 57 18 February 1898 p. 275; R.G. Thomsett With the Peshawar olumn. Tirah expeditionary force London 1899 pp. 103-104. unknown
1879G84BDE85OGMKBerlin: H. Schnaebeli & Co 1879. Oblong 8vo 33 x 26.5 cm album with 16 original albumen prints ca. 20.5 x 15 cm mounted on paperboard. Original richly decorated cloth. Title on front cover: "Album des Trabrenn-Sport. H. Schnaebeli & Co. Hof-Photographen u. Kunstverlag. Berlin Unter den Linden 30". Fine album of original albumen prints depicting trotting. All horses and jockeys are identified in handwriting on the opposite page. 1 Cremien. 2. Lump. schw. H. v. Lump a. d. Nelly Parker. Züchter u. Bes. Gestüt Mariahall. 3. Mazeppa. Fahrer J. W. Raymer. 4. anon. 5. France's Alexander. Schwarzer Hengst v. Ben Patschen a. d. Jenny Martin. Besitzer Gestüt Mariahall. 6. Lynwood. Schimmel-Hengst v. Clinker a. d. Belton Maid. Besitzer. Berliner Trabrenn-Verein. 7. Sunol. Braune Stute v. Electioneer a. d. Wazana. Besitzer Rob. Bronner. 8. Djelowaja. Schimmel-Stute v. Atlasnuyi a. d. Delni. Besitzer und Fahrer Herr G. Barthels. 9. Blue belle. Fuchs-Stute v. Blue Bull. Besitzer: Gestüt Mariahall. Trainer u. Fahrer L. Raymer. 10. Polly. Braune Stute v. Hamdallah a. d. Belle. Besitzer: Herr Ehrich. Trainer u. Fahrer Joe Raymer. 11. Tiger. F. H. gez. in Russland 1873 v. Stroining a. d. Saszita. Besitzer: Albas Singer in Wien. 12. Lumpazius. br. H. v. Lump a. d. Addre E. C. Züchter u. Bes. Gestüt Mariahall. 13. Sametz. 14. Maud. S. Fuchs-Stute v. Harlod a. d. Miss Russell. 15. Ledenaja. Fahrer J. W. Raymer. 16. Jersey Thorne brauner Hengst v. Thorndale a. d. Martha Besitzer Mr. Wilson. - Most photographs signed in the negative "H. Schnaebeli"; one dated 1879. Very early example of an album illustrating horses horsemanship and trotting. Extremely scarce: we were unable to trace another copy in any public library according to OCLC-Worldcat and KVK; not in JAP or ABPC. Binding a bit discoloured otherwise very well preserved. Boards show some browning and foxing; albumen prints in very good condition. H. Schnaebeli & Co, hardcover
1881292681881. Paris G. Masson 1881. Un vol. au format in-folio 473 x 338 mm de 1 f. bl. 2 ff. n. fol. 34 photographies et 1 f. bl. Reliure moderne de demi-cartonnage gris-perle ˆ l'imitation de chagrin dos lisse ornÂŽ de triples filets dorÂŽs et en noir piÂce de titre de maroquin marine titre dorÂŽ. Edition originale d'une insigne raretÂŽ. Exemplaire revÂtu d'un envoi autographe signÂŽ de Georges Pouchet en tÂte de la page de titre. L'ouvrage est constituÂŽ de 34 sur 34 superbes photographies originales tirÂŽes sur papier albuminÂŽ contrecollÂŽes sur carton fort avec lÂŽgende imprimÂŽe en marge infÂŽrieure de chacune et montÂŽes sur onglet. ''Titulaire de la chaire d'anatomie comparÂŽe du MusÂŽum national d'histoire naturelle de Paris Georges Pouchet 1833-1894 se spÂŽcialise dans l'ÂŽtude des cÂŽtacÂŽs et l'ocÂŽanographie. De 1870 ˆ 1894 il passe plusieurs mois par an ˆ parcourir les mers du Nord ou encore ˆ ÂŽtudier les espÂces marines. Ë chacune de ses expÂŽditions il rapporte de nouveaux spÂŽcimens dont plusieurs cÂŽtacÂŽs mais aussi de nombreux tÂŽmoignages sur le paysage marin''. BÂŽnÂŽdicte Percheron. Table : Lodingen - Hammerfest - Vadsš - Klubben - Jarfjord - Kištfjord - Fjeldaal - Bugšfjord - Klosterfjord - Thorgatten - Bergen - etc. Ensemble en bel ÂŽtat. b42961 unknown
1874ABC_46925Calcutta 1874. Contemporary gold-tooled half red morocco brown cloth sides. Oblong 8vo. With 33 mounted sepia albumen prints ca. 15/15.5 x 10.5/11 cm all captioned. Manuscript title and captions of the pictures in English written in brown ink in a neat 19th-century cursive hand. Photograph album containing 33 albumen prints of buildings important places views and people in Calcutta in the 1870s. The album opens with some architectural photographs including the governor's house the new market the post office St. Paul's cathedral and the high court. Also included are views of roads and streets that are still important today such as Benting Street Chilpore Road Russell Street and Strand Road and 5 albumen prints of the B.Y. Docks. The album also contains views near Kalighat and Barnatore especially of the landscape but also of a Hindu temple. The album concludes with some photographs of people living in Calcutta showing beggars carpenters palki bearers a barber ending the album with a group of Rohillas.The album includes a photograph of the statue of Sir James Outram unveiled in Calcutta on 22 May 1874 an all photographs seem likely to have been made soon after that.Binding a little worn and scuffed endpapers a little dust-soiled some leaves marginally slightly dust-soiled some leaves slightly browned some occasional foxing paper of the last photograph slightly damaged not affecting the image some images a little faded but overall in good condition. A highly interesting album showing life in Calcutta in the 1870s.l For dating the statue of Sir James Outram: Catalogue of the sculpture of J.H. Foley in: Dublin Historical Record 32 3 1979 pp. 108-116. hardcover
182426711Paris: C. L. F. Panckoucke 1824. 1st. Hardcover. Good. 9.3x6.8x1.5in. first octavo edition in original 3/4 brown morocco leather and marbled boards spine with red title and volume labels and gilt decoration; leather rubbed at extremities with sections of leather missing at corners armorial bookplate on pastedown owner's signature and date on title page light toning to 25 plates spot of foxing to 9 plates heavier foxing to 8 plates 38 plates unaffected. <br>80 colored stipple-engraved plates with descriptions. Text in French. <br>2.17lb 9.3x6.8x1.5in C. L. F. Panckoucke hardcover
184429058Paris: J.-J. Dubochet et Ce. 1844. Very scarce first edition. 8vo in the publisher's original yellow paper wrappers printed in black. Now housed in an unusual and very attractive black protective box with Plexi protector the lid held in place by stiff panel decorated with an sepia photograph visible through a port. iv 248 pp. A rare first edition copy in fully original state and in the printer's delicate wrappers the text largely unopened and quite fine but for some very minor spotting or mellowing the wrappers with some soiling and wear but completely original and unsophisticated the spine largely worn. FIRST EDITION. VERY RARE IN THE ORIGINAL WRAPPERS THIS COPY IN FULLY ORIGINAL STATE AND LARGELY UNOPENED. ARGUABLY THE FIRST DEFINITIVE MANUAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY. Marc-Antoine Gaudin's full and complete treatise on the Daguerréotype process was at the time the definitive manual on photography and covered virtually every aspect of making both Daguerréotype and the Calotype developed by Talbot. Includes the preparation of plates and their exposure processing printing on paper procedures for reproducing plates techniques for portraiture etc. etc. Marc-Antoine with his brother Alexis were important early pioneers in the business of photography and were responsible for numerous refinements. He held patents in both optics and chemistry and had one of the first photography shops in Paris. Marc-Antoine engaged in research while Alexis was in charge of commercial affairs. In 1851 he purchased the photo-newspaper La Lumiere which he ran until 1867. The Gaudin brothers also set up a stereoscopy company in the United States. J.-J. Dubochet et Ce. unknown
1885ABC_49517Australia 1885. Folio ca. 44 x 36.5 cm. Contemporary gold-tooled black morocco with the title lettered in gold on the front gold-tooled turn-ins gilt edges watered-silk end papers. With 65 albumen prints. 29 ll. Late 19th-century photo album with views of New South Wales. The album contains 65 albumen prints of highlights in the region primarily in Sydney and the Blue Mountains. It was bought by the civil engineer Clément van de Velde dates unknown who was born in Belgium and moved to Australia in 1884 where he attempted to set up a sugar-beet industry. He also served as the vice-consul for Belgium. He gifted the album to his friend Cobus in 1885 possibly as a keepsake for a trip they undertook together.At least a third of the photographs show important buildings and other landmarks in Sydney including the Government House the Town Hall the General Post Office the Australian Museum the different colleges of the University of Sydney the Department of Lands building and the public library in Bent Street that has been demolished in 1967. Most of these buildings were relatively new at the time these photographs were taken. Also included are photographs of Hyde park and the Captain Cook monument the Man O'War steps Argyle cut Mrs Macquarie's Chair and the botanic gardens. The other photographs in the album show the towns and nature surrounding Sydney such as the Katoomba Falls the Three Sisters Govetts Leap and Mount Victoria in the Blue Mountains the Zig Zag railway the Fitzroy Falls Fort Denison Broken Bay various views of the Nepean River as well as four portraits of Australian Aboriginals.With a contemporary French inscription on the verso of the first flyleaf "Mon cher Cobus Je prie de vouloir accepter cet album en souvenir de nos bons rapporte. Votre dévote Clément van de Velde. Sydney 10 may 1885.". The binding has been professionally restored the boards are somewhat scratched and dented. The leaves are warped and foxed the lower corners of some of the leaves are torn without affecting the photographs the photographs have somewhat discoloured. Otherwise in good condition.l Cf. McLennan N. T. "Henri van de Velde 1878-1947" in: Australian Dictionary of Biography 16 2002. hardcover
1895ABC_475631895. Oblong folio 28 x 39 cm. Contemporary gold-tooled black morocco gilt edges. With 58 photograph prints ca. 21 x 25.5 to 13.5 x 20 cm. Mounted on both sides of the leaves in the album. 60 pp. The album contains 15 silver albumen photographs of Melbourne taken mainly from the series C. Rudd's new views of Melbourne 1886-1887 by Charles Rudd 1849-1901. They show Collins Street Melbourne town hall the public library Parliament House the Court of Law Government House and various other buildings and infrastructure as well as botanical gardens such as Fitzroy Gardens. The photographs of Sydney were the work of the renowned Australian photographer Henry King 1855-1923 born in England in 1855 who emigrated to Australia with his family in 1856. He worked as a photographer at J. Hubert Newman's studio in Sydney before opening his own studio in 1880. King gained recognition for his photographic studies of Australian Aboriginal people and his scenic views of Sydney. He died in 1923 leaving behind his wife son and three daughters. His glass negatives were acquired by J.R. Tyrrell after his death and are now held by the Powerhouse Museum. King is one of Australia's most significant early photographers. The album contains seventeen of Kings photographs of the harbour including Farm Cove and the Circular Quay Government House and interior and exterior photographs of the town hall King and George Street the Mutual Life Association Building the General Post Office and the Ferner Botanical Garden. Rural New South Was appears in nine photographs including images of Illawarra National Park the Hawkesbury River and a series of outdoor photographs taken along the coast at Blackwall and dated July 1895.This curious album of 58 photographs from France Egypt and most importantly Australia opens with a section with six photos from Marseille showing street views the city harbour the Avenue du Prado and the castles.The ten photographs from Egypt depict both the cultural highlights of the country such as the Pyramids the Sphinx the Citadel of Cairo and the Palace of Gizeh as well as ordinary Arabian villages and street scenes. They stemmed from the ateliers of the Abdullah brothers of Constantinople. The Abdullah Frères namely Viçen 1820-1902 Hovsep 1830-1908 and Kevork 1839-1918 Abdullahyan were three Ottoman brothers of Armenian heritage who gained international fame as photographers during the late Ottoman Empire. Some evidence suggests that he may have collaborated with the Zangaki Brothers and he may have been the official photographer for the Universal Company of the Suez Canal. Later he worked in partnership with the British-Italian photographer Antonio Beato.With an owners inscription in pencil "a appartenu Alfred Schmid" some photographs are captioned in black ink or pencil detailing the places. With a small label from the bookshop that sold the album: "Papeterie Sauwen-Jehotte" in Antwerp. The edges are somewhat bumped and some browning and foxing throughout. Otherwise in good condition. unknown
18800213201880s. First Edition. Hardcover. Photographs Very Good to Near Fine with good contrast. Moderate wear to binding but front hinge is broken with cover still attached. Over all Very Good. Oblong folio album 15" x 11" in morocco-backed olive wood panels with a carved Jerusalem cross and inlaid border containing a letterpress title and 48 large @9" x 11" albumen photographs with caption and photographer's credit in the negative mounted recto/verso to stiff printed album cards all protected with tissue guards. Attractive Nineteenth-century tourist album of Zangaki brothers' photography compiled for sale at Boulos Méo's antique and souvenir shop at the Jaffa Gate of Old City Jerusalem. Best known for their photographs of Egypt the Greek Zangaki brothers also documented the construction of the Suez Canal with their photographs as well as scenes in Palestine as in this album. Images include the Wailing Wall Jaffa Gate Bab el-Khalil Church of the Flagellation Gethsemane Mount Olive Al-Aqsa Mosque Mosque of Omar and the Tower of David. <br/><br/> hardcover
1889ABC_49512Yemen Egypt and other places 1889. Contemporary burgundy/auburn gold- and blindstamped calf lozenge-patterned blindstamping. Re-backed with the original back strip laid down. Gold-stamped turn-ins white watered silk endpapers gilt edges. Oblong folio 37.8 x 28 cm. An album containing 25 albumen prints ca. 20 x 27 cm including 1 double page mounted on thick card leaves many captioned in English. Photographic record of a journey begun in Australia and taken via Aden through the Suez canal and to the Mediterranean and then on to England. While the first image shows the steamship R.M.S. Ormuz in the port of Sydney three images including a double-page spread show the port of Aden in Yemen the famous water tanks and a native of the Southern Arabian region in a studio portrait. The majority of the album is dedicated to Egypt showing Arabs on their camels the Khedive's Ismailia Palace the Suez Canal Port Said and members the local population as well as the famous pyramids. The last few photographs show the final leg of the journey Naples and ultimately Gibraltar. Among the studios identified in the photographs are those of Hippolyte Arnoux and the Zangaki brothers based at Port Said.With a near-contemporary manuscript inscription in blue ink on the verso of the first flyleaf: "Edith Elkington or Elrington Aunt Ediths voyage home - to England about 1889". Foxed throughout slightly water stained but the prints are largely clean and clear some paper repairs in the margins the last flyleaf is lacking the final leaf is nearly detached. unknown
1899ABC_46443Spain 1899. Oblong album 32 x 41 cm. Hauser & Menet and others Half black leather red buckram sides blind-stamped boards title in gold on front board gold-stamped spine marbled endpapers. An album with 58 photographic prints including one tinted varying in size 20.5 x 15.5 to 27.5 x 21.5 cm each on thick paperboard. 58 ll. Album containing 58 photographic prints depicting scenes and sights in Spain and Portugal. Subjects of the prints vary. From the El Escorial the historical residence of the King of Spain to the interior of the cathedral - and former mosque - of Cordoba. The prints also show the exterior and interior of the bullfighting arena in Madrid. 2 of these 3 prints show bullfighting in action. A little more than half of the prints contain captions revealing the location depicted in the photograph such as the scenic views of cities such as Madrid Barcelona and Seville. The subject and/or location of the prints without captions remain unclear but some are very likely sites in Portugal since all of the prints with captions are in Spain.According to the captions the photographs of Seville were taken by E. Beauchy a Spanish photographer from the same city. He photographed the region of Andalusia south Spain at the end of the nineteenth-century. Some prints of Madrid and Barcelona were produced by printers of Spanish graphic art Hauser and Menet in 1896 and 1897.With an Antwerp bookseller's ticket on the front paste-down. The binding shows some minor signs of wear mostly around the spine and corners of the boards. Slight foxing/browning of the outer edges of the paperboard not affecting the photographs some photographs have slightly faded edges which does not interfere with the actual image. Overall in good condition. An album with 58 views of sights in Spain and Portugal. hardcover
1856588299No place - Maryland 1856. Hardcover. Fine. Sixth plate ambrotype portrait. Matted with preserver in original embossed leather case with purple-ish cut velvet pad. Image size approximately 3" x 3½". A couple of faint spots in the background else the image is crisp and fine the case is a bit rubbed but sound very good or better. Image of a seated African-American woman possibly in early middle-age with a white cap and holding a white handkerchief. Subtle and tasteful pink tinting on her cheeks and a ring on one finger has been tinted gold. While the cap suggests that the subject may have been a domestic the tinted gold ring might suggest otherwise. Otherwise unidentified the mat and preserver suggest a date around 1856 provenance suggests that the image was likely taken in Maryland which at the time had a large population of both free and enslaved African-Americans. A superb image. hardcover
1900annn03aGlasgow: T & R Annan & Sons. VG : in very good condition. Some light scratching to cover. Front inner hinge cracked. 1900. Limited Edition 100. Navy blue hardback cloth cover. 390mm x 290mm 15" x 11". 53pp. 50 plates. Annan printed this album in three editions in 1871 1877 and 1900 respectively according to Fisher. The 1871 process was calotype 1877 carbon and 1900 a gravure process. The City Improvement Trust was the body which was charged with the task of cleaning up the squalid living conditions that existed in the city in the second half of the nineteenth century. Learning from visits to Paris to see the work of Baron Haussmann the trustees were very successful in adapting the traditional tenement house style to rehouse many thousands of people. This edition was limited to 100 copies. . T & R Annan & Sons hardcover
1888ABC_47975Cairo 1888. 34 albumen prints ca. 22 x 27 cm mounted on cream cardstock ca. 28 x 35.5 cm. Remarkable collection of 34 stunning photographic prints of Egypt all numbered titled and signed in the negative by photographer Jean Pascal Sébah 1872-1947 who owned the leading studio for Orientalist photography. He was even named the official photographer of the Sultan of Turkey together with his business partner Polycarpe Joailllier 1848-1904. The majority of the images in the present collection show streets and buildings from lesser known Egyptian cities and scenes of daily life. Larger collections of Sébah's work are relatively rare on the market.Sébah continued the business of his father Pascal Sébah 1823-1886 one of the first photographers working in Egypt. Pascal rose to prominence because of his well-organized compositions careful lighting and quality of his prints. The majority of his photographs are of tourist destinations and locals. Jean Pascal inherited his father's good eye but was more interested in depicting lesser known locations. His photos of people also appear more spontaneous. The present collection includes photographs of El-Souroughieh street and the Khalig canal in Cairo the Virgin Mary's tree in Matariya a local with a buffalo a group of seated men in a mosque a sugarcane market locals working on a sugarcane field a group of boys fishing and the hustle and bustle along the Nile.With a small purple ownership stamp of an anchor in mirror image and the letters "S A" near the top edge of one of the photographs of the Nile. The cardstock is very slightly foxed and yellowed and has somewhat warped from past temperature fluctuations. The prints have somewhat yellowed around the edges but are otherwise in good condition.l Cf. Saretzky The history of photography online. unknown
1888ABC_47975Cairo 1888. 34 albumen prints ca. 22 x 27 cm mounted on cream cardstock ca. 28 x 35.5 cm. Remarkable collection of 34 stunning photographic prints of Egypt all numbered titled and signed in the negative by photographer Jean Pascal Sébah 1872-1947 who owned the leading studio for Orientalist photography. He was even named the official photographer of the Sultan of Turkey together with his business partner Polycarpe Joailllier 1848-1904. The majority of the images in the present collection show streets and buildings from lesser known Egyptian cities and scenes of daily life. Larger collections of Sébah's work are relatively rare on the market.Sébah continued the business of his father Pascal Sébah 1823-1886 one of the first photographers working in Egypt. Pascal rose to prominence because of his well-organized compositions careful lighting and quality of his prints. The majority of his photographs are of tourist destinations and locals. Jean Pascal inherited his father's good eye but was more interested in depicting lesser known locations. His photos of people also appear more spontaneous. The present collection includes photographs of El-Souroughieh street and the Khalig canal in Cairo the Virgin Mary's tree in Matariya a local with a buffalo a group of seated men in a mosque a sugarcane market locals working on a sugarcane field a group of boys fishing and the hustle and bustle along the Nile.With a small purple ownership stamp of an anchor in mirror image and the letters "S A" near the top edge of one of the photographs of the Nile. The cardstock is very slightly foxed and yellowed and has somewhat warped from past temperature fluctuations. The prints have somewhat yellowed around the edges but are otherwise in good condition.l Cf. Saretzky The history of photography online. unknown
1870ABC_501171870. Oblong album ca. 31.5 x 35.5 cm. Near-contemporary half red velvet spine rubbed/faded beige and multi-colour floral cloth sides decorated with brown woven ribbon trims the velvet and cloth cover greenish-blue pebble-grained cloth boards blue marbled endpapers the pastedowns covered with red silk. With 125 black-and-white photographic prints mounted on cardboard accompanied by numerous handwritten annotations in French on the album pages. 45 ll. A substantial and historically important late 19th-century photograph album comprising 125 photos documenting British India and Ceylon present-day Sri Lanka. Of the total 100 photographs depict India and 25 Ceylon. The album offers a wide-ranging visual survey of architecture urban life religious monuments landscapes botanical subjects and scenes of daily activity during the high colonial period. 21 photographs within the album are identified to named photographers or studios. 7 prints bear the imprint of Charles Thomas Scowen 1852-1948 of Scowen & Co. Kandy and Colombo with a further 3 issued from Scowen negatives by the Colombo Apothecaries Company after that firm acquired Scowens stock in the early 1890s. Scowen was one of the most accomplished photographers active in 19th-century Ceylon establishing his studio in Kandy by 1876 and later opening in Colombo. His work produced primarily for the tourist and commercial market is distinguished by technical refinement clarity of detail and strong compositional qualities and is today represented in major institutional collections including the Getty Museum and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The album also contains 1 identified photograph by Bourne & Shepherd the pre-eminent photographic firm of 19th-century India renowned for its architectural and landscape views and for its official role at imperial events such as the Delhi Durbar. 2 photographs are attributed to Lala Deen Dayal 1844-1905 the most celebrated Indian photographer of his generation court photographer to the Nizam of Hyderabad and recipient of a Royal Warrant from Queen Victoria his work is widely regarded for both artistic merit and documentary importance. Further identified material includes one photograph by the Bombay studio of Edward Taurines 5 architectural views attributed to Charles Lickfold 1846-1909 in Ahmedabad one view of the Ellora caves attributed to John Johnston and one Ceylon photograph by the German Alfred William Amandus Plâté 1859-1931.The Indian and Pakistani section includes extensive architectural and topographical views from Lahore Amritsar Peshawar Jaipur Amber Ahmedabad Baroda Vadodara Aurangabad since 2023 Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar Ellora Caves Bijapur Hyderabad Golconda Pondicherry now Puducherry Trichinopoly now Tiruchirappalli and Madurai. Among the Lahore subjects are views of the Wazir Khan Mosque the Badshahi Mosque the Shalimar Gardens and the tomb of Jahangir Amritsar is represented by the Golden Temple Jaipur and Amber by palace complexes zenana quarters gateways and lakeside views Ahmedabad by the Jami Masjid Sidi Saiyyed Mosque Rani Sipri Mosque and Jain temples; while the Deccan is illustrated through monuments at Aurangabad Daulatabad Fort Bijapurs Gol Gumbaz and Ibrahim Rauza and Hyderabad and Golconda fortifications.The Ceylon section presents Colombo harbour and jetty views Kandy and its lake Peradeniya Botanical Gardens Nuwara Eliya tea cultivation scenes indigenous fishing craft and a number of carefully composed botanical studies including breadfruit talipot palms bamboo ferns and ficus. The album ends with a panoramic view of Aden Yemen then an important British coaling station and strategic port at the entrance to the Red Sea.The binding shows some wear with the fabric around the boards and on the pastedowns slightly loosened. Some of the unidentified photographs display mild sepia tonal fading consistent with age. The final unidentified photograph in the India section exhibits some surface loss the album shows some foxing browning and occasional staining to the card mounts not affecting the photographs. Otherwise in good condition.l Cf. Edwards "Photography in colonial India" Emire and Art: British India 2017 pp. 110-143; Paranavitana"Image in Photographic Print in the Context of Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century Sri Lanka." 2009; Shinde "Photography in India" Studii si cercetari de istoria artei Seria Arta plastica 10.54 2020 pp. 107-118. hardcover
