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China/Japan
Travel abum with views of Egypt, China and Japan

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Fotografie des 19. – 21. Jahrhunderts (Katalog nur online verfügbar)
Auktionsdatum 4.12.2024

Photographers: Hyppolite Arnoux (active 1870-1890), Zangaki Brothers (active 1870-1900), Lai Afong (1838-1890), Charles William Wason (1854-1918), Felice Beato (1832-1909), Adolfo Farsari (1841-1898), Kusakabe Kimbei (1841-1934), and others. Travel abum with views of Egypt, China and Japan. 1880s. 88 albumen prints mounted to gilt-edged album pages (some foxing). Each ca. 22 x 28 cm or reverse. Most titled, numbered and/or signed in negative in lower margin. Bound in original lacquerwork album with ivory imitation and mother-of-pearl inlays (slightly chipped).

This album comprises a diverse array of historical landmarks and portraits of people from Egypt, China, and Japan. Notable photographs include views of the Kasr el Nil Bridge in Cairo, ships anchored at Port Said, and various early depictions of Amoy (modern-day Xiamen) and Hong Kong. The collection also features images from British Weihaiwei, Port Arthur, and key locations in Japan, such as Nagasaki, Yokohama, and Kobe, accompanied by genre scenes that depict local customs and daily life. Likely compiled by a German officer of the Imperial German Navy, the album offers a rich and varied visual narrative of life in the Far and Middle East during the late nineteenth century. – Some scuff marks, some light fading along edges of prints, otherwise all in good to very good condition.

Lit.: Carmen Pérez González. From Istanbul to Yokohama: The Camera meets Asia 1839-1900. Köln: Walter König, 2014,ill. pp. 81, 235 and 239.