CEYLON - PHOTOGRAPHY Album of views, portraits and flower studies in Sri Lanka (42), and views of Port-Said and neighbourhood, Malta, Zimbabwe, and Italy, together 84 albumen prints, mounted (recto and verso, all but 2 full-page, one loose), some identified in pencil on mount, others some signed and captioned in the image, images typically 215 x 270mm., contemporary half morocco, worn, lower cover detached, oblong folio, [1880s] Fußnoten Includes 42 good Sri Lankan subjects, of which 21 signed in the negative by Scowen, 2 by Skeen, and others by a good unidentified photographer. Subjects include: Colombo (c.12, including Pier, Museum, "Native Shop" x 2, "Street Scene" x 2, Canal x 2, Post Office); Kandy and Perdinya (c.16, including Buddhist temple, Hindoo temple, Lake); Portrait of a Sinhalese Girl (by Scowen), and a Sinhalese Man); Studio flower studies by Scowen (7, which in style anticipate those Edward Weston and Robert Mapplethorpe in the twentieth century); Native trees by Scowen (4, including "Traveller's Palm", "Candle Tree", "Cacao, Chocolate", "Assam India-Rubber"). Other subjects include: Port Said and environs (16, including "Chef des Bedouins", mostly by H. Arnoux), Malta (12, all by H. Agius), Gibraltar, Zimbabwe (4, including 2 of Victoria Falls, by "Caney Photo"). Provenance: compiled by a family member of the vendor.
CEYLON - PHOTOGRAPHY Album of views, portraits and flower studies in Sri Lanka (42), and views of Port-Said and neighbourhood, Malta, Zimbabwe, and Italy, together 84 albumen prints, mounted (recto and verso, all but 2 full-page, one loose), some identified in pencil on mount, others some signed and captioned in the image, images typically 215 x 270mm., contemporary half morocco, worn, lower cover detached, oblong folio, [1880s] Fußnoten Includes 42 good Sri Lankan subjects, of which 21 signed in the negative by Scowen, 2 by Skeen, and others by a good unidentified photographer. Subjects include: Colombo (c.12, including Pier, Museum, "Native Shop" x 2, "Street Scene" x 2, Canal x 2, Post Office); Kandy and Perdinya (c.16, including Buddhist temple, Hindoo temple, Lake); Portrait of a Sinhalese Girl (by Scowen), and a Sinhalese Man); Studio flower studies by Scowen (7, which in style anticipate those Edward Weston and Robert Mapplethorpe in the twentieth century); Native trees by Scowen (4, including "Traveller's Palm", "Candle Tree", "Cacao, Chocolate", "Assam India-Rubber"). Other subjects include: Port Said and environs (16, including "Chef des Bedouins", mostly by H. Arnoux), Malta (12, all by H. Agius), Gibraltar, Zimbabwe (4, including 2 of Victoria Falls, by "Caney Photo"). Provenance: compiled by a family member of the vendor.
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