Catalogue Contents

» Entire Catalogue (Lots 4001 - 4384)

Should you need more detailed condition reports,
please contact jennifer@bassenge.com.

Lot 4001

(Attributed to). Portraits of noblemen and high-ranking religous figures of the Papal State in Italy and other Roman figures. Late 1860s. 21 finely hand-colored carte-de-visite albumen prints all mounted to one board (37 x 48 cm).

A fine collection of hand-colored cdv portraits of Roman society around the late 1860s showing bishops, cardinals and military staff of the Papal State, as well as peasants and street sellers. – In very good condition and with bright colors.

Lot 4002

[^] Calla Aethiopica. Circa 1865. Albumen print. 24,7 x 18,8 cm. Title and photographer's name in the negative in lower edge.

Some crease marks, light rubbed spot in upper left, otherwise in very good condition with a rich brown tone.

Lot 4003

Photographer: Charles Kroehle (1867 - 1902) and George Huebner (1862 - 1935). Portraits and ethnographic studies of Peru, Brazil and Paraguay. 1903-05. 50 albumen prints. Various sizes, most circa 15,5 x 23 cm, some smaller. Most with photgrapher's names in the negative in lower right/left corner, mounted to board and bound in half leather album with gilt-stamped title 7. Anthropofagen, Peru, Brasilien, Paraguay on front cover.

The two German photographers Charles Kroehle and George Huebner are considered the pioneereing photographers of the Amazon in Peru. From 1888 - 1891 they travelled the Amazon, Ecuador and Bolivia. During those trips some of the first photographs were taken of Indios such as the Campa, Pirus, Shipicos, Cashibos and other ethnic groups of the Peruvian Montana. – Some slightly faded in edges, a few light scuff marks, otherwise in good to very good condition and many with strong contrasts.

Provenance: Robert Lebeck Collection

Lot 4004

Photographer: William Henry Jackson (1843 - 1942), Charles Roscoe Savage (1832 - 1909) and unknown. Images of geological survey groups, bridges and landscapes in the American West as well as American cities. 1880s - 1892. 17 albumen prints. Each circa 10,5 x 16,5 cm, 11,5 x 19,5 cm and 19 x 23 cm. 8 with photographer's initials, title and number in the negative in lower corners, each mounted to board (some soiling), a few annotated in English in ink on mount verso.

This very interesting group contains three images by William Henry Jackson: 3619 "A 'Cow Boy'; 808 "The Royal Gorge" and 1828 "High Bridge in Loop". Two other images 4625 "Dale Creek Bridge" and 5003 "Canon Diablo Bridge" are by other photographers. A further two images show survey groups, one annotated in ink by the surveyor William Kennedy: "Kennedy's party surveying Tertiary Area of Texas. Geological survey of Texas September 1892. Near Calvert, Robertson County, Texas. With the best regards of William Kennedy" on mount verso. – Most with strong tones and in very good condition.

Lot 4005

[*] Cat with mousetrap. 1886. Albumen print. 14,4 x 18,7 cm. Photographer's name and date and number KZ.14 in the negative lower right/left; photographer's stamp on the verso.

A few light foxing spots, otherwise in very good condition.

Lot 4006

[*] Wolf and kid goat. 1886. Albumen print. 14,4 x 18,7 cm. Photographer's name and date in the negative lower right; photographer's stamp on the verso.

A few light foxing spots, crease in upper right corner, otherwise in very good condition.

Lot 4007

Deer and stag. 1889. Albumen print. 14,7 x 19,5 cm. Each with photographer's name, date and location in the negative lower right; photographer's stamp on the verso.

Faded in edges, pressure marks from album slits in corners, otherwise in very good condition. With: Eduard Uhlenhuth (1853 - 1919). Arranged hunting scene with two dogs. 1880s. Albumen print. 14 x 10,3 cm. Photographer's blindstamp in lower left, monogram and number 136 in the negative lower right, mounted to card. - Unusual hunting genre scene with two dogs.- Some creases, otherwise in good condition.

Lot 4008

[*] The Louvre; Invaliden Dom, National Assembly, Paris. Late 1850s. 3 albumen prints. 20,7 x 28 cm. Mounted to card (soiled in edges), 2 with photographer's signature stamp in lower right, each annotated in pencil below the image on the mount.

One with retouching in lower right corner, some surface scuff marks, otherwise in very good condition.

Lot 4009

[^] Group of Japanese children. 1867-68. Hand-colored albumen print. 26 x 22 cm. Mounted to board (minimal foxing).

A few light surface scuff marks, otherwise a strong print in very good condition.

Lot 4010

Views of Egypt: ruins, temples of Karnak and landscapes. Mid-1870s. 5 albumen prints. Circa 26,5 x 37,4 cm and 37,4 x 26,5 cm. Each with photographer's name in lower right corner, as well as numbered and titled in lower left in the negative, mounted to board, annotated in pencil below images on mount, 2 with collector's label on mount verso.

Béchard produced some of the most well-composed and endearing photographs of Egypt. They are rarer than photos by Sebah, Bonfils, Arnoux and Zangaki, as the studio only worked from the 1870s-1880s, whereas the other studios were still producing work throughout the 1890s. The prints offered here are signed by H.(enri) Béchard but prints signed by Émile Béchard, who might have been his brother or even the same person, also exist. – Some surface scuff marks, otherwise strong prints with a rich chocolate-brown tone and in very good condition.

Lit.: Ken Jacobson. Odalisques and Arabesques: Orientalist Photography 1839 - 1925. London 2007, see pp. 210-212.