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c1890s. Pair of albumen paper photographs, each titled and numbered in pencil verso, 10.2 x 14.8cm. More
c1890s. Pair of albumen paper photographs, each titled and numbered in pencil verso, 10.2 x 14.8cm. More
c1890s. Three photographs consisting of two albumen paper photographs and one printout paper photograph, each titled and numbered in pencil verso, 10.2 x 15cm (approx. each). Minor foxing to two images. All titles include “Burma”: 1. Shrines near Shwe Dagon Pagoda, Rangoon; 2. Royal Lakes, Rangoon; and 3. Burmese village..... More
c1890s. Albumen paper photograph, 15.3 x 20.2cm. Missing portions, creases and tears to edges, crinkles overall. Banner depicted reads “God save the King of Siam.” Photograph most likely taken by G.R. Lambert & Co. More
c1890s. Printout paper photograph, titled and annotated in pencil verso, 9.9 x 13.3cm. Annotation reads “This gives a good idea of long raised platform outside their huts.”. More
c1890s. Printout paper photograph, numbered “64” in negative lower right, titled in pencil verso, 13.2 x 10cm. Minor creases and soiling to edges. More
c1890s. Eleven photographs consisting of four albumen paper photographs and seven printout paper photographs, each titled and numbered in pencil verso, 9.5 x 11.3cm to 11 x 15.7cm. Some with slight foxing, or minor discolouration, chips or tears to edges. All titles include “Burma”: 1. A monastery: Buddhist figure in..... More
c1890s. Collection of 23 printout paper photographs, most captioned in pencil on backing verso, 24 x 29.1cm (approx. each). Some with scuffs to surface or minor retouching, all slightly discoloured to edges and some more extensively, all laid down on original backing. Captions include “Mitré, 5520 ft. Mount Tutoko. Arthur..... More
c1890s. Albumen paper photograph, cabinet card format, titled with photographer’s line in letterpress on backing below image, 14.3 x 9.6cm. Minor soiling to image centre right, small chips to lower edge, foxing overall, laid down on original backing. Photographer’s line reads “Photographed by J.E. Bruton, Cape Town. (Copyright F. York..... More
c1890s. Albumen paper photograph, 15.5 x 20.2cm. Minor tear to lower right corner. “The illegitimate son of the Duke of Augustenberg, second in line to the Danish crown, Richard Parkinson was an anthropologist, ethnologist and botanist, and one of the most prominent pioneers on the Bismarck Archipelago both before and..... More
c1890s. Tintype, titled in pencil verso, 15.5 x 20.8cm. Emulsion loss, scuffing and faded hand-colouring to lower portion, minor dents and rust. This tintype shows a grand farm house with three women and a dog in the front garden, and a partially obscured person seated on the porch. A tintype..... More
c1892. Tintype, caption on backing below image, 11.5 x 16.3cm. Slight scuffs to surface, laid down on original presentation backing. Caption reads “The White Rabbit Saloon was a favourite gathering place where the men folks of Lynchburg could get together and talk about the old days and enjoy the companionship..... More
1892. Cyanotype, titled and dated “July 14, 1892” in ink on backing below image, 15 x 20.3cm. Minor developing flaws, laid down on original backing. The ponies are harnessed to a two-seater buggy with a fringe canopy in front of a three-storey Second Empire style house. A cyanotype is a...... More
c1893. Composite albumen paper photograph, 26.3 x 18.6cm. Creases overall, slight discolouration to edges of image, minor tears to lower edge. Comes with postcard of the same image, published by M. Sternberg, Hongkong [sic], titled “A lot of Chinese babies.” Held in SFMOMA with uncropped left edge. A student of..... More
1868/1893. Photogravure, printed label attached to original mount verso, 26.8 x 20.7cm (image). Mount burn to margins. Label reads “This portrait is published for the subscribers to Appletons’ Scientific Library” and includes biographical information on Darwin. Provenance: Christies, London, 1996. This photogravure, most likely published by T. Fisher Unwin, was..... More
c1898. Signed hand-written letter in ink, 42.5 x 38cm (overall). Old discoloured mount. Framed. A typed transcript of the letter is framed alongside two reproduction portraits of Rudyard Kipling (Brit., 1865–1936): a silver gelatin photograph originally taken in 1934, and a newspaper clipping with image captioned “Rudyard Kipling in his..... More
c1900. Hand-coloured platinum photograph, numbered “1765” and abbreviated title in negative lower right, 22.6 x 28.3cm. Depicts young geisha. More
c1900. Hand-coloured platinum photograph, annotated “L89” and titled in negative with obscured original negative annotations lower right, 28.5 x 22.4cm. This image, depicting a woman playing a shamisen, a three-stringed lute, was printed from an inter-neg from an earlier photograph. The woman’s clothing and shoes suggest she is a street..... More
c1900. Sixteen photographs consisting of 14 printout paper photographs and two silver gelatin photographs, most captioned in Dutch in ink on album page below image, 8.5 x 14.2cm (approx. each). Minor scuffs, surface loss or strikethrough due to glue verso to some images, all tipped to original album pages. Locations..... More
c1890s-1900s. Pair of vintage silver gelatin photographs, 12 x 9.3cm, 11.4 x 9.1cm. Slight tears and creases to edges. More
c1900s. Vintage toned silver gelatin photograph, signed “copyright by W.E. Worden, S.F.” in ink on image lower right, 75.7 x 41cm. Repaired tears to edges and centre of image, pinholes, slight foxing. Laid down on acid-free backing. Willard Elmer Worden’s photography is represented in the de Young Museum, San Francisco..... More
1901. Albumen paper photograph, stereo card format, studio line and title in letterpress on backing below image and verso, 8.2 x 16cm. Slight silvering, laid down on original backing. Studio line includes “Underwood & Underwood, Publishers. New York, London, Toronto-Canada, Ottawa-Kansas. Works & Studios, Arlington NJ. Copyright 1901.” Held in..... More
1902. Platinum photograph, panorama, annotated “protected [copyright]”, dated “7.21.02” with photographer’s line in negative lower right, 38 x 116.3cm. Repaired tears and missing portions lower left and right. Laid down on acid-free paper. Photographer’s line reads “Melvin Vaniman, San Francisco.” Shows a view from Arthur’s Point. Melvin Vaniman (1866-1912) was..... More
1903. Vintage platinum photograph panorama, titled and dated “Sunday, Feb. 9, 1903” in negative lower centre, 37.5 x 106.5cm. Repaired tears and chips to image lower right and centre, upper and left edges. Laid down on acid-free backing. Vaniman was commissioned for the purpose of encouraging tourism by the Oceanic..... More
1903. Albumen paper photograph, stereo card format, title, date and studio line on backing around image, 8.1 x 15.6cm. Laid down on original backing. Studio line and text includes “Underwood & Underwood Publishers. New York, London, Toronto – Canada, Ottawa – Kansas. Works and Studios, Arlington, NJ; Littleton, NH; Washington, DC..... More
c1890s-1905. Albumen paper photograph, cabinet card format, with hand-coloured process screen postcard, annotations in ink and letterpress in lower margin and verso of postcard, with postage stamp and postmark, 13.8 x 20.5cm, 9.1 x 13.8cm. Photograph with slight foxing overall, laid down on original backing; postcard with slight wear and..... More