c1925. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, 28.5 x 38cm. Soiling and slight scuffs overall, minor creases to uneven margins. Provenance: W.A. Pennell estate. Boxiang Hu, an accomplished artist and photographer, was skilled in Chinese traditional painting and Western lithography, watercolour and photography. He founded and became director of the Oriental Fine..... More

c1925. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, 29 x 39cm. Retouching to centre of image, slight stains, soiling and minor crinkles overall. Provenance: W.A. Pennell estate. An Englishman, Mr Pennell was head of the advertising department of the British American Tobacco Company in Shanghai during the 1920s and 1930s. He was an..... More

c1925. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, 28.5 x 37.4cm. Slight soiling and foxing to upper edge of image, some creases and tears to edges of image and uneven margins. Provenance: W.A. Pennell estate. An Englishman, Mr Pennell was head of the advertising department of the British American Tobacco Company in Shanghai..... More

c1926. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, titled in ink in two hands, various copyright and publication stamps verso, 23.4 x 19.4cm. Slight silvering, chips to edges and faint stain to upper right corner. Stamps include “Copyright, E.O. Hoppé, London, please acknowledge” and “The Mansell Collection, 42 Linden Gardens, London W2. On..... More

1927. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, titled and signed in pencil in lower margin, 18.6 x 14.7cm. Silvering, minor creases to image upper left. Mortensen became acquainted with Japanese actor Sojin Kamiyama on the set of The King of Kings, in which he played the Prince of Persia. Ref: Shields, Still..... More

1910/1929. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, titled in ink in unknown hand with various stamps including “posted Jul. 20 1929, Editorial Auditing Dept”, 19 x 13.5cm. Scuffing and creases overall, slight silvering to corners. Held in V&A with the comment “Ponting was the official photographer for Captain Scott’s tragic final expedition..... More

c1930. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, rubbed, illegible inscription and photographer’s line in ink lower right, 30.3 x 20.6cm. Repaired tear to centre of image, slight foxing, surface loss, soiling. Photographer’s line reads “Copyright. Ruth Hollick, Photographer, Melbourne.” Amy Johnson (Brit., 1903-1941) was the first woman to fly solo from England..... More

c1930s. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, press print, titled, signed and annotated “4041: C” in ink with printed label attached verso, 10.3 x 10.1cm. Embossed, faded retouching to image. Label includes “Return to E.O. Hoppé. The Old House, South View Road, Crowborough, Sussex.”. More

c1930s. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, titled, signed and annotated in ink verso, 19.3 x 15.2cm. Minor embossing and scuffs to image, slight crinkles with cracking to corners. Annotations include “Return to E.O. Hoppé, Wildhern, Andover. 2941-[3]” and the cancelled address “Crowborough, Sussex.”. More

c1930s. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, titled and annotated in various hands in pencil with various stamps verso, 23.3 x 16.7cm. Minor wear to edges of image. Stamps include “Copyright E.O. Hoppé, London. Please acknowledge.” Annotations include “16602-17.”. More

c1930s. Vintage toned silver gelatin photograph, signed and titled in pencil in lower margin, 19.2 x 14.7cm. Slight foxing and discolouration to margins. More

1930. Two vintage silver gelatin photographs, both inscribed to “Mabel Zillmann”, signed and dated by Backhaus in ink on lower portion, “Fayer, Wien [Vienna]” photographer’s line in negative lower left, 21 x 16cm (each). Silvering, slight foxing and crinkles. Original frames with framer’s label. Inscriptions read “To Mabel Zillmann, in..... More

1932. One hundred and forty-seven (147) vintage silver gelatin photographs, dated “Aug. to Sept. 1932”, each photograph captioned in white ink, “Bartons British Album” label on inside back cover, 18.8 x 24.5cm (album); 5.5 x 6cm to 6.5 x 11cm (photographs). Captions include “Leningrad Station (illegal photograph, therefore taken at..... More