Fotografie des 19. – 21. Jahrhunderts

Monaco Principality
View of the Principality of Monaco
Los 4062

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9.300€ (US$ 10,000)

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Photographer unknown: View of the Principality of Monaco. Circa 1864. Large-format albumen print. 25,5 x 36,8cm. Mounted to board (slightly soiled, some foxing), annotated in pencil below the image on the mount.

One of the earliest photographic views of Monaco showing the Prince's Palace and the bay with some early settlements. Monaco's rise to a glittering tax haven began on February 2, 1861. In the treaty between Charles III and Emperor Napoleon III, Monaco lost 80% of it's territory but France guaranteed the sovereignity of the principality. Due to the simultaneous abolition of the customs border, trade experienced an upswing. As a result, France built a railroad line from Nice to Genoa and agreed to build a station (1868) in Monaco. This laid the foundation for growing tourism. Finally, in 1866, the casino was built in the Monte Carlo district. The revenues of the new casino were so significant that in 1869 direct taxation of the still few residents could be abolished. The large format photo offered here shows this early state of the still young principality with barely any visible infrastructure and largely undeveloped building land. Photographs from the 1860's are extremely rare.
– A few light foxing spots in sky area, retouched line in upper left, a few light surface scuff marks, otherwise a strong print in very good condition.

Montenegro
Portrait of Nicholas I, King of Montenegro and a portrait of his son Danilo I
Los 4063

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Photographer: Giuseppe Podkrainik and A. Jellasca. Portrait of Nicholas I, King of Montenegro (1841-1921) and a portrait of his son Danilo I, the Crownprince of Montenegro. 1880s. 2 albumen prints mounted to cabinet cards. Circa 14 x 9,5 cm. Annotated in ink on mount verso.

Some surface scuff marks, otherwise in good condition.

Nigeria
Portrait of a Nigerian (?) man with scarification
Los 4066

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Photographer unknown. Portrait of a Nigerian (?) man with scarification. 1899. Albumen print. 21 x 16 cm. Mounted to board (some soiling and traces of use), annotated in ink on mount verso.

Some light surface scratches/crease marks, otherwise in good condition and with strong contrasts.

Oppenheim, F. August
Puerta de las Campanillas, Sevilla Cathedral (Santa Maria de la Sede)
Los 4067

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Puerta de las Campanillas, Sevilla Cathedral (Santa Maria de la Sede). 1852. Large-format albumen print from a paper negative. 30 x 19 cm (mount 54 x 23 cm). Mounted to original card (slightly soiled, some traces of use), photographer's blindstamp in lower right corner and annotated in pencil in lower edge on mount.

Oppenheim was one of the first German photographers to work with the calotype process. He learned the process with Gustave Le Gray and already used it in 1852 while in Spain. One year later he photographed the Acropolis and circa 1858/59 he worked in Regensburg, where he made a series of the cathedral and the St. Jakob church. – In very good condition.

Ottoman Empire
Group portraits of Turkish Dervishes
Los 4068

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372€ (US$ 400)

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Photographer unknown. Group portraits of Turkish and Persian Dervishes. 1870s. 2 albumen prints. 10 x 6 cm and 15,5 x 21,5 cm. Each annotated in Russian in negative, each mounted to board.

One with small paper tear with emulsion loss in upper left, otherwise in good condition.

St. Petersburg
Souvenir album of St. Petersbourg
Los 4070

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1.736€ (US$ 1,867)

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Photographer: Joseph Daziaro and William Carrick (?) and others. Souvenir album of St. Petersburg. 1880s/90s. Circa 100 albumen prints. Various sizes between 21 x 26 cm and 9,5 x 5,5 cm. Some with number in the negative, mounted to gilt-edged album boards (time-stained in edges, some light soiling in edges, warped), most annotated in ink below images in French on mount, bound in contemporary blue full canvas album (edges rubbed) with gilt-embossed title Souvenir de St. Petersbourg on front cover.

This album has a large range of images that give a view of St. Petersburg around the turn of the century. Also inlcudes many portraits of farmers, monks, rural types, merchants and costume studies. These images are most likely by Williiam Carrick. – First pages soiled, two last pages soiled and with moisture staining, some prints faded, some with light surface scuff marks, otherwise in good to very good condition.


Lit.: David Elliott. Photography in Russia. 1840-1940. Berlin 1992, see pp. 130-131 (comparable images of peasants by Carrick).

Photochromes
Views of Cairo and Egyptian people
Los 4071 [*]

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372€ (US$ 400)

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Views of Cairo and Egyptian people. 1890s. 8 photochromes. Circa 20 x 26,5 cm. Each with gilt-stamped title in French, number and logo P.Z. within the image in lower edge.

Also includes one image of Port Said by moonlight. – One with foxing, some light scuff marks, some handling marks/creases, otherwise in good condition and with bright colors.

Photochromes
Studio portrait of a Native American family
Los 4072

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521€ (US$ 560)

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Detroit Photographic Co. Studio portrait of a Native American family. 1899. Photochrome. 22 x 16 cm. With gilt-stamped title in English, number, date and company name in lower edge, sandwich-mounted in original dark green mat ((33 x 26 cm, corners slightly bumped), company logo stamped on the verso.

A few light scuff marks, otherwise in very good condition and with rich bright colors.

Photochromes
Views of Jerusalem and Palastine
Los 4073 [*]

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806€ (US$ 867)

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Views of Jerusalem and Palastine. Circa 1900. 40 photochromes. Circa 22,3 x 16,3 cm and 16,3 x 22,3 cm. Gilt-stamped title, number and logo P.Z. in lower edge, a few mounted to board.

Some light surface scuff marks, some with slight edge wear/ light crease marks, some slightly buckled, otherwise most in very good condition with bright colors.