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Siam
Views and types of Siam

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

Photographer: Robert Lenz (1864-1929). Views and types of Siam. 1893-1907. 34 albumen and collodion paper prints mounted to gilt-edged album pages (some foxing and signs of previous mounting). Each between 15,5 x 21 cm and 21,5 x 29 cm (25,5 x 33,5 cm). Most numbered in negative, annotated in pencil above image on mount.

Robert Lenz, one of the most prolific photographers based in Southeast Asia during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, opened his Bangkok studio in 1893, quickly gaining renown and securing the coveted role of court photographer for the Siamese royal family. His photographs, distributed as cabinet cards and postcards at the time, vividly documented the region’s architecture, culture, and people, including portraits of Thai royalty, nobility, and everyday citizens, as well as architectural and topographical views. This collection of photographs features landmarks such as Wat Phra Si Sanphet, Wat Saket, Wat Phra Kaew, Wat Pho, and Tham Khao Luang cave, alongside scenes of rural life, the royal elephant hunt, and King Rama V in a ceremonial palanquin during a procession. – Some fading, foxing and light surface irregularities, small tear in top right corner of one print, otherwise in good to very good condition.

Lit.: Joachim K. Bautze. Unseen Siam: Early Photography 1860-1910. Bangkok: River Books, 2016. ill., p. 309, pl. 44; p. 313, pl. 59; p. 314, pl. 61; p. 322, pl. 88; p. 324, pl. 94.