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
c1910s-1920s. Nine silver gelatin photographs, all numbered and most titled in negative, 9.3 x 14.4cm or 13.5 x 9.2cm (approx. each). Minor foxing, soiling and crinkles overall, some with slight tears, creases, missing portions or silvering to edges. Titles include: 1. A glimpse of the famous Summer Palace, Peking; 2..... 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
c1870s-1880s. Group of 8 albumen paper photographs, various annotations in pencil verso, including “North view of President’s Mansion”, sizes range from 20.9 x 31.8cm to 21.6 x 33.8cm. Foxing, surface loss, tears and missing portions to edges. Buildings include (1) The Treasury Building (Pennsylvania Ave); (2) The United States Capitol;..... More
c1880s. Albumen paper photograph, titled in pencil verso, 19.7 x 27.7cm. Crease and slight foxing to left edge, paper loss, chips, repaired tears and foxing to right edge of image. More
c1880s. Albumen paper photograph, 19.6 x 13.8cm. Minor tears to upper edge. Possibly Balinese. More
c1890s. Hand-coloured platinum photograph, 12.1 x 29.2cm. Minor discolouration to lower right corner. More
c1940s. Fifty (50) vintage silver gelatin photographs and two process screen prints, most in postcard format, laid down in a scrapbook, 31 of the photographs are autographed in ink by wrestlers, most annotated with their name by “Fred Phillips”, compiler of the scrapbook, 9.1 x 5.3cm to 22.8 x 18.1cm..... More
1916–1917. Thirteen (13) vintage silver gelatin photographs, 12 in postcard format, two captioned and one dated in negative, three inscribed and one dated from “Rouen 18.6.16” in different hands in ink and pencil verso, 8.7 x 13.7cm (approx. each). Slight silvering, scuffing , foxing. Captions read “The canteen, no. 2..... More
c1940s. Fifty-five (55) vintage silver gelatin photographs, some annotated or dated in pencil or ink or stamped “Internee, Camp Fayed Censor” verso, 8.1 x 10.7cm to 8.2 x 14.1cm. Minor handling creases, silvering or scuffing. Annotations in Italian include “Gruppo sportivo, Agosto 1944” and “Geneifa [POW Camp] – Febbraio 1944.”..... More
c1880. Hand-coloured albumen paper photograph, 20.6 x 26.1cm. Creases to upper and lower left corners of image. Signs on display include the English acronym “YFB” and “6” in Japanese. The firemen’s uniforms bear “16th” in Japanese. Illustrated in Ohara (ed.), Japan 100 Years Ago: Peabody Museum of Salem, Tokyo, 1983..... More
c1880s. Hand-coloured albumen paper photograph, numbered “A350” in negative lower right, 21 x 27.2cm. Minor creases to edges of image. The woman appears to be spinning cotton. A kiseru tobacco-smoking pipe appears by her left side. More
c1910/1960s. Silver gelatin photograph, two faint “Casasola” stamps verso, caption and date in ink on original “Juan Manuel Casasola” receipt accompanying image, 26.4 x 34.3cm. Minor developing flaws and handling creases. Stamps include “Bazar de Fotografia Casasola, Paseo de la Reforma no. 422, Colonia Juarez, Mexico 6, DF” and “Fotografia..... More
c1863. Glass lantern slide in original wooden mount, titled in pencil on mount above image and dated in ink on slip adhered to slide verso, 7 x 7.2cm. Foxing to lower portion. The SS Great Eastern was “an iron sailing steam ship designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, and built by..... More
![Harlem [Man In Mirror]. Aaron Siskind, 1903–1991 Amer](/pictures/thumb/CL195-157.jpg?v=1557900025)
1940/c1980. Silver gelatin photograph, titled, dated and signed in pencil verso, 30.5 x 22.1cm. Illustrated in Siskind, Harlem Document: photographs 1932–1940, p9. The series consists of images of Harlem and its residents. Held in Art Institute Chicago, MoMA. In 1933 Aaron Siskind “joined the Film and Photo League in New..... More
![Harlem [Lady And Lamp]. Aaron Siskind, Amer](/pictures/thumb/CL191-150.JPG?v=1513996406)
1940/later printing. Silver gelatin photograph, titled, dated “1940” and signed in pencil verso, 28.1 x 20.2cm. Minor crinkles to margins. In 1933 Aaron Siskind “joined the Film and Photo League in New York, a group of documentary photographers devoted to improving social conditions in contemporary society through their pictures. While..... More
1973. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, annotated, titled, dated and signed in ink in lower margin, various annotations, stamps and a newsprint review attached verso, 17.1 x 17.2cm. Creases with cracking to right portion and margins, slight stains and scuffs to centre, tears and old tape to margins. Annotations include “For..... More
1974. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, annotated in an unknown hand in ink on backing verso, 17.1 x 17.4cm. Laid down on original backing. Annotation includes “From ‘Homage to Franz Kline.’” “Siskind and Abstract Expressionist painter Franz Kline had been friends for years when, in 1961, Siskind first thought of doing..... More
![Row of Cows’ Rumps, With Fat-Cheeked Family Of Six Milking Them, In Neat Cow Barn [Wisconsin]....](/pictures/thumb/CL191-90.JPG?v=1513996552)
c1948. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, annotated in various hands with stamps and remnants of typed label verso, 17.4 x 24cm. Slight cracking, handling crinkles and discolouration, minor wear to edges, old tape verso. Stamps include “Photo by PIX Incorporated, 250 Park Avenue, New York City…Please credit Alfred Eisenstaedt – PIX…”..... More
![Travels in Italy, Ostia [Rome], May/June. Alfred Eisenstaedt, German/Amer](/pictures/thumb/CL191-89.JPG?v=1513996551)
1933. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, stamped caption in German with date, annotated “20” in pencil, copyright and photographer’s stamps verso, 23.5 x 17cm. Minor wear to edges. Stamps include “Private copy! Reproduction and use for advertising purposes forbidden” and “Copyright by Foto: Albert Eisenstaedt, Berlin-Wilmersdorf, Helmstedter Str. 31. Tel. H.G...... More
![Bretagne [Brittany, France]. André Kertész, Hungarian/Amer](/pictures/thumb/CL191-114.JPG?v=1513996367)
1928/1970s. Silver gelatin photograph, titled, dated “1928” and signed in pencil verso, 24.7 x 19.8cm. Minor handling creases to edges. Held in Centre Pompidou, with the title Bretagne (la cour de ferme [the farmyard]) . This image was most likely published as part of a 1929 photo-essay by Kertesz for..... More
1933/c1980. Silver gelatin photograph, numbered in pencil and ink with photographer’s estate copyright stamp verso, 15.6 x 24.6cm. Numbers include “3-1123-03-2-1-05.” Illustrated in Kertész, Distortions, 1976, 123. Kertész is “known for his ground-breaking contributions to photographic composition and the photo essay. In the early years of his career, his then-unorthodox..... More
1946. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, signed in pencil on image lower left, titled, dated and annotated in an unknown hand in accompanying facsimile note verso, 37.6 x 29.9cm. Crinkles overall, chips and pinholes to edges, slight silvering to lower portion. Annotation reads “Stratford Festival, 1946. Love’s Labour’s Lost. Paul Schofield..... More
1947. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, signed in pencil on image lower left, titled, dated and annotated in an unknown hand in accompanying facsimile note verso, 29.9 x 37.7cm. Slight scuffing and silvering to image, pinholes and chips to edges. Annotation reads “Stratford Festival, 1947. Romeo and Juliet. Production by Peter..... More
![Cathedral Spire And Snow Covered Trees, Yosemite Valley]. Ansel Adams, American](/pictures/thumb/CL191-42.JPG?v=1513996510)
c1943. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, photographer’s stamp verso, 16.5 x 10.2cm. Minor crease to upper right corner. Stamp reads “From Virginia and Ansel Adams, operating Best’s Studio, Inc., Yosemite National Park, California.” Best’s Studio in Yosemite Valley was established in 1902 by Harry and Anne Best, quickly becoming the social..... More