[Man With Baker’s Cart, Holland Park, London]
c1860s. Ambrotype, sixth-plate size, in original hanging case, 7.4 x 6.2cm (image), 9.5 x 8.3cm (case). Slight wear to case. Text on cart includes “Morrell. Baker...8 G… Terrace, Holland Park.”. More
c1860s. Ambrotype, sixth-plate size, in original hanging case, 7.4 x 6.2cm (image), 9.5 x 8.3cm (case). Slight wear to case. Text on cart includes “Morrell. Baker...8 G… Terrace, Holland Park.”. More
c1860s. Ambrotype, quarter-plate size, in original hanging case, 6.8 x 9.3cm (image), 9.5 x 12cm (case). Some oxidation to image, wear and surface loss to case. The Thornber family seems to have specialised in the manufacture of cotton and haberdashery in the UK for over 200 years. This store could..... More
1867. Ambrotype, sixth-plate size, in hinged case, date “Aug. 17, 1867” embossed by hand on brass preserver verso, obscured date inscribed on plate verso, 7.5 x 6.3cm (image), 9.4 x 8.2cm (case). Brass preserver slightly loose, case hinge broken, some wear and discolouration to case. This image has been married..... More
c1870s. Albumen paper photograph, titled in pencil verso, 9.3 x 5.8cm (paper). Minor foxing. More
c1870s. Hand-coloured albumen paper photograph, partially illegible stamp verso, 20.7 x 26.9cm. Slight creases and small missing portion to upper left corner, not affecting image, and minor crinkles overall. Stamp includes “M. Neustadt…Export Hot Climate.” Shows two men manufacturing rao, the bamboo shafts for kiseru pipes, traditionally used in Japan..... More
c1870s. Hand-coloured albumen paper photograph, 20.6 x 27cm. Minor crinkles overall. Most of the wares displayed are likely to be made of bamboo. A related image appears in Ohara (ed.), Japan 100 Years Ago: Peabody Museum of Salem, E.S. Morse Collection/Photography, Shogakukan, Japan, 1983, p127. Italian-born Felice Beato was a...... More
c1860s-1870s. Three albumen paper photographs, carte de visite format, two titled in French in ink and one with photographer’s stamp on backing verso, 9.2 x 5.9cm (approx. each). Minor foxing, all laid down on original backing. Titles read: 1. Jeune Malais [young Malay boy], Singapore, and 2. Porteur d’eau [water..... More
c1870s. Tintype, sixth-plate size, in hinged case, 6.9 x 5.4cm (image), 9.4 x 8cm (case). Brass preserver slightly warped, minor wear and some repairs to case. The blacksmith is shown holding a pair of horse-shoes in one hand and a hammer in the other. This image has been married together..... More
c1870s. Tintype, sixth-plate size, in original hinged case, 5.3 x 6.6cm (image), 8.1 x 9.4cm (case). Slight crazing and oxidation to image, oxidation to brass mat and preserver, minor wear to case with old repairs to hinge. 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 “3329” in Japanese in negative lower right, 21.1 x 27.3cm. Creases to upper left and right corners, slight surface loss to lower right corner, chips and fading to edges of image. Depicts a machine with a fan inside it, for separating the chaff from..... More
c1880s. Albumen paper photograph, captioned in negative lower right, 20.5 x 26.3cm. Slight foxing, repaired tears and paper loss to corners. Caption continues “No. 22. Shijo Otabichio, Kioto [Kyoto], Japan.”. 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
c1880s. Hand-coloured albumen paper photograph, 21.1 x 27.3cm. Fading to edges of image. Both men are wearing traditional “raincoats” made of straw. Related images appear in Bayou, Felice Beato et l’Ecole de Yokohama, Centre National de la Photographie, Paris, 1994, plate 49, and Crombie, Shashin: Nineteenth Century Japanese Studio Photography..... More
c1880s. Albumen paper photograph, titled in German in pencil verso, 16.4 x 21.8cm. Minor crease to upper edge. More
c1890s. Three printout paper photographs, two with Japanese characters in negative lower left or right, 20.4 x 26.8cm (approx. each). Repaired tears and creases to edges of images, minor scuffs and foxing overall. Text translates as “Cormorant fishing, Gifu prefecture, Nagaragawa River” and “Seko”, the name of the photographer. More
c1890s. Hand-coloured platinum photograph, 12.1 x 29.8cm. Minor foxing overall. More
c1890s. Albumen paper photograph, titled and numbered “154” in negative lower left, photographer’s blind stamp on image lower right, 21.5 x 27.1cm. Discolouration and repaired tears and creases to edges. Stamp reads “G.R. Lambert & Co., Singapore.”. More
c1890s. Printout paper photograph, numbered “75” and titled in negative lower left, annotated in pencil verso, 13.8 x 20cm. Slight crinkles and scuffs overall. Title reads “Dyak Spinners.” Annotation reads “Sarawak. Dyak women spinning under European house.” Both inscriptions erroneously refer to spinning: the image shows women weaving. More
c1890s. Pair of albumen paper photographs, one with illegible title in negative lower left, each titled and numbered in pencil verso, 10.3 x 14.6cm. Minor foxing to one image. 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
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
c1910. Ambrotype, sixth-plate size, with original brass preserver, 7.4 x 6.4cm (image), 8.4 x 7.4cm (case). Slight oxidation and blistering to edges of image, minor scratches to surface of glass, brass preserver slightly tarnished and bent. Text on van includes “The Civil Service Stores, 28 Haymarket S.W.” and “Wimbledon.”. More
c1920s. Collection of 33 vintage silver gelatin photographs, each captioned in pencil with studio stamp verso, 7.4 x 9.8cm or 9.8 x 7.4cm (approx. each). Some with slight creases or paper remnants, minor tears or surface loss to edges, discolouration to margins. Studio stamp reads “Copyright photograph by Mactavish & Co., Ltd..... More
c1925. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, 34.4 x 20.7cm. Slight creases and minor soiling to uneven margins. Provenance: W.A. Pennell estate. More