Algeria/Biskra
Views of landscapes and people of Algeria and Biskra
Los 4002
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248€ (US$ 267)
Photographer unknown. Views of landscapes and people of Algeria and Biskra. Circa 1900. 60 gelatin silver, collodion paper prints and photochromes (11). Each circa 28 x 22 cm and smaller. Each mounted to album board (warped, time-stained in edges), bound in half leather album (edges rubbed, scratches) with gilt-stamped title Algier, Oasen Biskra, Sidi Okba 1908 on front cover.
Some faded, especially in edges, otherwise many in good condition.
Artists' Ball, Munich
Group portraits of costumed participants of the Narrenball 1853
Los 4004 [*]
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1.736€ (US$ 1,867)
Group portraits of costumed members of the artists' society "Stubenvoll", Munich. 1853. 2 extensively hand-painted salt prints. Each 26 x 21 cm. Mounted to board, sitters' names and annotated Narrenball 1853 im Odeon in ink below the images on the mount.
The portrayed participants of this artists' ball in Munich are Füssli, Thomberg, Dr. v. Wenzel, Liersen and C. Freiherr v. Seckendorf. The society was named after the Munich artists' club Stubenvoll, where it was founded in 1844. In this same year Friedrich Wilhelm Schoen painted a 50 figure portrait of the group which is now in the collection of the Münchner Stadtmuseum. Very rare, early salt prints, heavily painted and theatrically posed. – In very good condition.
Views of Egypt, Thèbes. Mid-1870s. 25 large-format albumen prints. 27 x 38 cm. Photographer's name in lower right corner, numbered and titled in lower left in the negative, mounted to board (time-stained in edges).
Ken Jacobson. Odalisques and Arabesques: Orientalist Photography 1839-1925. London 2007, see pp. 210-212. – 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. – A few surface scuff marks, otherwise with strong tones and in very good condition.
Photographer: Hurrychund Chintamon, Nursoo Dewjii Poopal, K. Ferozsha, Oscar Malitte, Orr & Barton, Pun-Lun, Saché & Westfield, Trill & Co. People of India. 1860s-90s. 24 albumen prints on cartes-de-visite mounts. Most with photographer's logo on mount recto/verso, some annotated in ink.
Some faded, some scuff marks, otherwise most in good condition.
Provenienz: Günter Heil Collection
British India
Lepcha man and woman, Darjeeling
Los 4009
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1.240€ (US$ 1,333)
Photographer: Samuel Bourne (1834-1912). Individual portraits of a Lepcha man and woman, Darjeeling. 1869. 2 albumen prints. Circa 28,2 x 23,5cm. Both signed and numbered 1907 and 1908 in the negative in lower left corner, number in pencil on the verso.
Ludger Derenthal/Raffael Dedo Gadebusch/Katrin Specht (eds.). Das koloniale Auge. Frühe Porträt-Fotografie in Indien. Leipzig 2012, ill. pp. 64-65.Some light handling marks, minimal fading in edges, male portrait with small tear in left edge, otherwise in very good condition.
Photographer: Gobindram and Oodeyram, Edward Taurines and unknown. Natives of various regions of India. 1870s/90s. 9 albumen prints. Various sizes, most circa 22 x 19 cm and smaller. Some annotated in pencil on the verso.
The people depicted include a drug and charm seller, domestic Hindu workers, musicians and dancers and other Indian people – Some with light fading edges, otherwise in good to very good condition.
Provenienz: Günter Heil Collection
British India
British life and families in India
Los 4011
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248€ (US$ 267)
Photographer unknown. British life and families in India. 1870s/90s. 13 albumen prints. Various sizes, most circa 13 x 18 cm and larger. Mounted to board.
A few with light foxing/spots, some faded, two prints with paper loss in corners, otherwise in good condition.
Provenienz: Günter Heil Collection
Photographer: Bourne & Shepherd and unknown. Tiger hunt. 1870s-1880s. 8 albumen prints. Most circa 12 x 16 cm, 1 larger. Each mounted to card, some annotated in pencil on the mount.
Includes an image of H.R.H. Albert Edward Prince of Wales and party with his "first tiger" 1875. – Some fading, mostly in edges, otherwise in good to very good condition.
Provenienz: Günter Heil Collection
British India
Wildlife hunting and British life in India
Los 4013
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496€ (US$ 533)
Photographer unknown. Wildlife hunting and British life in India. 1880s-1890s. 23 albumen prints. Various sizes, circa 15 x 20 cm and larger. Each mounted to card, some annotated in ink on the mount.
Most in good condition.
Provenienz: Günter Heil Collection
British India
Portraits of servants, street sellers and merchants
Los 4014
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496€ (US$ 533)
Photographer unknown. Portraits of servants, street sellers, merchants and landscapes. 1880s/90s. 14 albumen prints. Various sizes between circa 10 x 6 cm and 16 x 21 cm. Mounted to card, annotated in French in ink below the images on the mount.
Most in good to very good condition.
Photographer unknown. Gujarat court portraits. 1880s/90s. 8 albumen prints. Various sizes between circa 21 x 17 cm.
Most in very good condition with strong contrasts.
Provenienz: Günter Heil Collection
Photographer unknown. Landscapes of Bhutan. 1880s. 4 albumen prints. Each circa 10 x 15 cm.
One image shows members of the Bhutan peace mission 1864-65: Captain Lancer, Sir Ashley Eden and Captain Godwin. The photograph was taken by Sir Benjamin Simpson in 1864, when he accompanied Ashley Eden's British mission to Bhutan as the medical in-charge, and is one of the earliest photographic records of the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan. Sir Benjamin's photograph, which depicts the campsite of the Ashley Eden mission in Haa valley, was showcased at the National Gallery of Modern Art in Jaipur House, New Delhi, as part of a special exhibition titled "Bhutan: An Eye to History" 2009-2010. – Some crease marks, otherwise several with strong contrasts and in good condition.
Provenienz: Günter Heil Collection
British India
Natives and villages in Madras
Los 4017
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434€ (US$ 467)
Photographer unknown. Natives and villages in Madras. 1880s/90s. 9 albumen prints. Most circa 10 x 15 cm. Each mounted to board (slightly warped), annotated in pencil below the image on mount.
Some light surface scuff marks, otherwise most in good condition.
Provenienz: Günter Heil Collection
British India
Railway construction and bridges
Los 4018
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434€ (US$ 467)
Photographer unknown. Railway construction and bridges. 1890s. 7 albumen and gelatin silver prints. Most circa 20 x 26 cm. 4 mounted to board.
Some faded, otherwise in good condition.
Provenienz: Günter Heil Collection
British India
Landscapes, cities and temples of various regions of India
Los 4019
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397€ (US$ 427)
Photographer: Edward Taurines and unknown. Landscapes, cities and temples of various regions of India. 1890s. 34 collodion paper and albumen prints. Various sizes, circa 21 x 28 cm, 19 x 24 cm and smaller. Most mounted to card, some annotated in pencil on the verso.
Includes views of Darjeeling, Calcutta, Bombay, Lucknow, Poona and others. – Some with fading in edges, some handling creases/marks, some with small tears, otherwise in good condition.
Provenienz: Günter Heil Collection
Photographer: T.H. Paar and unknown. Views of India. 1890s. 2 collodion paper prints and 3 gelatin silver prints. Most circa 21 x 28 cm, 1 smaller. 4 with photographer's name, title and number in the negative in lower corners, 2 mounted to board.
Two with backed tears, otherwise in good condition.
Photographer unknown. Tea plantations and harvest. 1890s. 10 albumen prints. Most circa 22 x 28,5 cm. 3 mounted to board.
Some faded, especially in edges, some handling marks/creases, one with backed tear, otherwise in good condition.
Provenienz: Günter Heil Collection
British India
Group portrait of indigenous people, India
Los 4022
Ergebnis (inkl. Aufgeld) *
248€ (US$ 267)
Group portrait of indigenous people, India. 1880s/90s. Vintage collodion paper print. 19,5 x 27 cm. Mounted to board.
Stronger handling creases throughout, tear in lower portion.
British India
Views of landscapes, temples and natives of India
Los 4023
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3.100€ (US$ 3,333)
Photographers: Clifton & Co. (founded 1896), Wiele & Klein and Gobindram & Oodeyram. Views of landscapes, temples and natives of India. 1910. Circa 135 (most) collodion paper prints, gelatin silver and platinum prints. Various sizes, most circa 21 x 29 cm and smaller. Mounted to gilt-edged album boards, bound in full pressed leather album (some discoloration/fading on spine/front cover) with gilt-stamped title Weltreise 1910-1911 Indien. 27,5 x 37 cm.
An attractive and richly illustrated album with many larger photographs of people in traditional costumes, religious and cultural ceremonies, monuments and temples as well as palaces in India, bound in a well-preserved, fine leather album. – Some faded, otherwise most in very good to excellent condition.
British India/Pakistan
Landscapes, people and military forts in Pakistan
Los 4024
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496€ (US$ 533)
Photographer: Fred Bremner (1863-1941) and unknown. Landscapes, people and military forts in Pakistan. 1880s-1900. 16 albumen prints. Most circa 18 x 25 cm and larger. Mounted to board, some on both sides of board, annotated in ink on the mount.
The Scottish born photographer Fred Bremner produced a wide range of portraiture work in British India, spanning 1882-1922. In 1882, Bremner accepted a position with his brother-in-law G. W. Lawrie, who ran a successful photography business in Lucknow, and he was assigned work throughout northern India (modern India and Pakistan). In 1889, Bremner established his own photographic studio in Karachi, and successively studios in Quetta, Lahore and Rawalpindi. He travelled great distances to rarely photographed areas, thus his work captures a scarce record of rural life, landscapes and people in late 19th and early 20th century India. – Some faded in edges, most in good condition.
Provenienz: Günter Heil Collection
British India/Pakistan
Various military and industrial scenes as well as landscapes and villages
Los 4025
Ergebnis (inkl. Aufgeld) *
372€ (US$ 400)
Photographer: Fred Bremner (1863-1941). Various military and industrial scenes as well as landscapes and villages. 1880s-90s. 6 albumen prints. Most circa 20,5 x 28,5 cm. 2 with photographer's name in the negative, 1 with photographer's stamp on the verso, some annotated in pencil on the verso, 2 mounted.
Some faded, especially in edges, some handling/scuff marks, otherwise most in good condition.
Provenienz: Günter Heil Collection
British India and Ceylon
Album of views of the Indian Peninsula and Ceylon
Los 4026
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1.860€ (US$ 2,000)
Album with views of the Indian Peninsula and Ceylon. Circa 1900. 57 collodion paper prints, 2 gelatin silver prints and 6 collotypes. Most between 25 x 19 cm and some smaller. Collotypes with photographer's name (Platé) in the negative in lower corners, mounted to album boards, bound in red half leather album (corners slightly bumped/rubbed) with gilt-stamped title Vorder-Indien & Ceylon on front cover.
Some photos with surface scuff marks, some fading in edges, otherwise many in good to very good condition.
British India
Portraits of rulers and natives of India
Los 4027
Ergebnis (inkl. Aufgeld) *
682€ (US$ 733)
Photographer: Bourne & Shepherd, EOS Photographic Company, B. Gay & Co., S. Hormusjee, Jabez Hughes, Jamsetjee & Byramjee, W. Lowe, Somiah Narsiah, Orr & Barton, Lal Raghonandan, G.A. Saifi, Shum Soodein. Portraits of rulers and natives of India. 1890s. 23 albumen and collodion paper prints on cabinet card mounts. Most with photographer's logo on mount recto/verso, some annotated in ink.
Some faded, some scuff marks, otherwise most in good condition.
Provenienz: Günter Heil Collection
British India
British portraits taken by studios in India
Los 4028
Ergebnis (inkl. Aufgeld) *
372€ (US$ 400)
Photographer: Baljii & Co., K. Barjorji, Bourne & Shepherd, J. Craddock, Lala Deen Dayal, Karl Koenig, G.W. Lawrie, J. Saché, J. Sequeira, Omaid Singh & Sons, E. Taurines, Wiele & Klein, T. Winter. British portraits taken by studios in India. 1890s. 28 albumen and collodion paper prints on cabinet card mounts. Most with photographer's logo on mount recto/verso, some annotated in ink.
Some faded, some scuff marks, otherwise most in good condition.
Provenienz: Günter Heil Collection
British India
British family portraits and high ranking military figures
Los 4029
Ergebnis (inkl. Aufgeld) *
372€ (US$ 400)
Photographer: Bourne & Shepherd, J. V. Clair & Co., W & D Downey, P. Hammes, W.D. Holmes, Robert Hotz, O. Kirchner, Nicholas Bros., Rajah's Studio, Thomas A. Rust, R. Venkiah Bros., P. Vuccino & Co., Watts & Skeen. British family portraits and high ranking military figures, most taken by studios in India. 1890s. 18 albumen and collodion paper prints on cabinet card mounts. Most with photographer's logo on mount recto/verso, some annotated in ink.
Some faded, some scuff marks, otherwise most in good condition.
Provenienz: Günter Heil Collection
Burma
Views of people, landscapes and temples of Burma
Los 4030
Ergebnis (inkl. Aufgeld) *
372€ (US$ 400)
Photographer unknown. Views of people, landscapes and temples of Burma. 1870s-1900. 17 albumen, collodion paper prints and gelatin silver prints. Various sizes, most circa 12 x 16 cm and larger (including 3 cdvs).
The images show various native people, including dancers, domestic servants, monks as well as villages and temples. – Some faded, otherwise in very good to good condition.
Provenienz: Günter Heil Collection
Photographer unknown. Anglo Burmese War. 1885-87. 13 albumen prints. Each circa 10 x 15 cm and reverse. Most annotated in pencil on recto.
In good condition.
Provenienz: Günter Heil Collection
Braunschweig (Brunswick)
Selected views of old Brunswick
Los 4032
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248€ (US$ 267)
Photographer unknown. Selected views of old Braunschweig. Late 1850s. 6 albumen prints. Each circa 18 x 12,5 cm. Mounted to board (light soiling).
A few light surface scuff marks/scratches, otherwise in near excellent condition and with strong tones.
Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show
Images of Buffalo Bill's Wild West show
Los 4033
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3.720€ (US$ 4,000)
Photographer: John C.H. Grabill, Elliot & Fry and unknown. 1885-1910/printed 1930s. Images of Buffalo Bill's Wild West show. 20 gelatin silver prints and 20 celluloid copy negatives (20 x 12,5 cm). Each circa 11,5 x 16 cm or reverse. 2 with text in the negative in lower area.
The images show many of the important figures of the earlier days of Buffalo Bill's Wild West show (1887) such as Annie Oakley, John Nelson, Sitting Bull, and of course Buffalo Bill himself. Some later shots circa 1910 were taken during the performances. Also includes a group portrait of Indian chiefs by John C.H. Grabill, Deadwood from 1891. – Edges curled, some fading in edges, otherwise in very good condition.
Photographer: Charles T. Scowen (1852-1948), William L.H. Skeen & Co. (1847-1903), Colombo Apothecaries & Co and unknown. Views of Ceylon. 1880s/90s. 24 albumen prints. Each circa 21 x 27 cm. Most with photographer's name in the negative in lower left/right corner, each inserted in album page slits, bound in cloth album.
Some handling creases/marks, some with slight fading in edges, otherwise many in very good condition with rich strong tones.
China
Panoramic view of the Shanghai Bund
Los 4036
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5.580€ (US$ 6,000)
Photographer: Kung Tai (Gong Tai, active 1877-1890s). Panoramic view of the Shanghai Bund. 1880s. 8 albumen prints (each 19,5 x 27 cm., the whole panorama circa 19,5 x 218 cm.), mounted on board mounts, joined by cloth, folding concertina style into red half morocco cloth boards (edges rubbed) gilt upper cover with morocco label titled Shanghai Bund. Kung Tai. Photographer.
Terry Bennett History of Photography in China - Chinese Photographers - 1844-1879, Quaritch 2013, see pp 137-146. – The Kung Tai studio flourished from the late 1870s to 1890s. It produced important photographs and was perhaps the most popular commercial Chinese studio in Shanghai during this period, noted for its multi-part panoramas of Shanghai's Bund. – Some fading, especially in edges and along folds, some scuff marks/ surface rubbing, otherwise in good condition.
China
View of the Great Wall, China
Los 4037 [*]
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1.860€ (US$ 2,000)
View of the Great Wall, China. Circa 1900. Vintage hand-colored gelatin silver print. 59 x 36 cm. Distributor's Hartung Photo Shop Peking blindstamp in lower right corner, flush-mounted to board.
Delicately hand-colored and in excellent condition.
Private souvenir album of China. Circa 1907. Circa 50 vintage collodion paper prints. Each circa 17 x 12 cm and reverse. Mounted to album boards, bound in half canvas album (edges rubbed, spine damaged/cracked).
Very interesting album compiled circa 1907. The images include the beginning of the famous Peking-Paris rally 1907, some rare images of monuments and temples in a ruinous state, the Peking train station, pagodas and daily rural life. – Some prints with surface rubbing/buckling, some faded, otherwise some in good condition.
Photographer: Carl Staritz (active in Breslau, 1845-1850s). Portrait of a man. 1846. Sixth-plate gold-toned daguerreotype with gilt ornamental surround and ornamental gilt tape around glass (small piece missing at bottom), taped behind glass.
Zygmunt Wielowiejski. The Beginnings of Photography in Breslau. Instytut Sztuki Polkiej Akademii Nauk, Wroclaw 2012. A clear image in very good condition.
Daguerreotypes
Berlin Biedermeier scene
Los 4043
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21.080€ (US$ 22,667)
Photographer: Carl Gustav Oehme (1817-1881). Berlin Biedermeier scene. Circa 1844. Quarter-plate gold-toned daguerreotype, in original paper surround with gilt ornament, photographer's Gustav Oehme, Opticus Mechanicus & Daguerreotypist in Berlin, Jägerstr. No. 20 label on the verso.12,4 x 15 cm.
Bodo von Dewitz and Reinhard Matz (eds.). Silber und Salz. Zur Frühzeit der Photographie im deutschen Sprachraum 1839-1860. Cologne 1989, see p. 675. – Originally a mechanic, Oehme learned the daguerreotype technique from Daguerre himself during a stay in Paris in 1840-1842. As early as 1841 he publically displayed his daguerreotypes, and in 1843 he established a studio as a professional daguerreotypist in Berlin. He was especially well-known for his carefully composed group portraits such as the daguerreotype offered here. He was considered one of the best and prominent daguerreotypists in Berlin in the 1840s. – Some oxidation in lower and left edge, glass renewed and resealed with paper tape, otherwise in very good condition and in original state.
Deutscher Krieg (Austro-Prussian War)
Bahnhof Eger
Los 4044
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1.116€ (US$ 1,200)
Photographer: JohannTheodor Meier. Bahnhof Eger. June 19, 1866. Albumen print with rounded corners. 14 x 30 cm. Mounted to original board (traces of use, strong vertical crease in left side, soiled), with gilt title and date printed below the image on the mount.
The location and date "Bahnhof Eger am 19. Juni 1866" is printed in gilt letters below the image on the mount. On this day Prussia declared war against Austria and its federal troops. The direct cause was the mobilization, by the Bundestag in Frankfurt, under the leadership of Austria. The railroad station at Eger was obviously one of the most important railroad junctions for troop transports towards Königgrätz and other war locations. In this image one can see over 30 locomotives and a large number of wagons on 6 or 7 rails ready for departure. The importance of railroads was quickly recognized by Prussia after the American Civil War of 1861/65, where for the first time the crucial role of railroads in the rapid transport of troops had been clearly demonstrated. Such an early German photograph that so keenly demonstrates the importance of the railroad during the war is extremely rare.
– Some scuff marks and surface soiling, stronger verticle crease in left side, otherwise in good condition.
Photographer: possibly Knud Knudsen (1832-1915) and unknown. Travel album with views of Denmark, Sweden and Norway. 1890s. 30 albumen prints, each between 17 x 23 cm. Most with title/number and initials in lower right/left corner in the negative, mounted to album boards bound in half leather album with gilt-stamped title on front cover.
The views comprise nice harbor scenes of Copenhagen and Stockholm, some views of Drontheim including a panoramic view of the city as well as Tromso, Hammerfest and Nordkap. – Some light surface scuff marks, otherwise most photos in good to very good condition.
Egypt
Panoramic views of Cairo and street life, monuments and landscapes
Los 4047
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1.054€ (US$ 1,133)
Photographer: F. Bonfils and H. Arnoux. Panoramic views of Cairo and street life, monuments, landscapes and two views of Alexandria harbor. 1880s/90s. 13 albumen prints. Each circa 22 x 28. Most with photographer's name and/or title in the negative in lower edge, unmounted.
Some with light handling creases, otherwise in good to very good condition and with strong tones.
Ermakov, Dimitri N.
Studio group portrait of women in national dress
Los 4048
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992€ (US$ 1,067)
Studio group portrait of women in national dress. 1880s. Albumen print. 13,7 x 10,5 cm. Number 12011 and title in lower edge in the negative.
Masters of 19th Century Photography. Dmitri Ermakov. Photographer and Collector. Georgian National Museum, Tbilisi, 2014. – Dimitri Ermakov was active as a professional photographer as of 1868. He traveled to various regions of Georgia, the Caucasus, Persia, Turkey, central Asia and Russia. Ermakov is the most important documentartist of Georgian life of the nineteenth and early twentieth century. A large part of his negatives are in the collection of the National Museum of Georgia. – Some light handling marks, otherwise a strong print in very good condition.
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