Lot 56
AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND AND PACIFIC - PHOTOGRAPHY Album of views in Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, and New Caledonia, [1880s]; and a collection of 38 loose mostly late nineteenth century albumen prints of Australia (collection)
26 June 2019, 13:00 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £1,147.50 inc. premium
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AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND AND PACIFIC - PHOTOGRAPHY
Album of views in Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, and New Caledonia, 74 albumen prints, mounted recto and verso (all but 6 one per page), typical size approximately 160 x 210mm., contemporary half morocco (covered in old fabric chemise), oblong folio, [1880s]; and a collection of 38 loose mostly late nineteenth century albumen prints of Australia (collection)
Footnotes
Subjects include: New Caledonia (9, including the Harbour, Cavalry Barracks, Infantry Barracks, Prison scenes including men queuing for haircuts, "Chief's House", Cascade, and Caves, all at or near Noumea, "Natives of New Caledonia"); New Zealand (22, including an unusual study of large Maori woodcarvings, 2 views of Nelson by Tyree Studio, 12 by Burton Bros. of Dunedin, including views of Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch; "Mirror Pool, Wakatipu" by Wheeler & Son); Australia (18, including Adelaide and Sydney of which 7 by H. King; Hobart; 5 of Hobart, of which one by Anson); Fiji (19, all by Burton Bros.); Tonga and Samoa by Burton Bros; 4 smaller portraits (Fijian man, and woman; New Caledonian women; Solomon Island men). Those not identified in the negative are captioned in pencil on the mount.
The loose albumen prints include: Aboriginal hunter (numbered "457" in negative) by S. Sweet; group of Aboriginal men; Port Arthur Prison (3), Jenolan Caves (4), views of Sydney and Adelaide, photographers including Sweet, J. Spink, and G. Rudd.