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IMPORTANT 19TH & 20TH CENTURY PHOTOGRAPHS

Catalog Information: 389 lots with images

Date: 2008

Auction House:

Swann Auction Galleries

Location:

USA
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Lot 1: HILL, DAVID OCTAVIUS (1802-1870)/ADAMSON, ROBERT (1821-1898) Lady Georgina Ryder.

HILL, DAVID OCTAVIUS (1802-1870)/ADAMSON, ROBERT (1821-1898) Lady Georgina Ryder. Salt print from a paper negative, 8x5 3/4 inches (20.3x14.6 cm.). 1840s

 
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Lot 2: GREENE, JOHN BEASLEY (1832-1856) "The Temple of Komumboo, Upper Egypt."

GREENE, JOHN BEASLEY (1832-1856) "The Temple of Komumboo, Upper Egypt." Salted paper print from a calotype (paper) negative, 9x11 3/4 inches (22.9x30 cm.), with Greene's signature and the numeric notations 24 in the negative. 1854

 
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Lot 3: NÈGRE, CHARLES (1820-1880) "Flore."

NÈGRE, CHARLES (1820-1880) "Flore." Albumen print, 13x9 3/4 inches (33x24.7 cm.). 1859

 
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Lot 4: FRITH, FRANCIS (1822-1898) Group of 29 photographs of the Holy Land,

FRITH, FRANCIS (1822-1898) Group of 29 photographs of the Holy Land, with images of the pyramids, Sinai, Sphinx at Wady Saboua, Assouan, Temple of Simbel, Hebron, and more. Albumen prints, 8 1/2x6 inches (21.5x15.2 cm.) and the reverse, several w [...more]

 
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Lot 5: (CASED IMAGE) Sixth-plate daguerreotype portrait of a bearded gentleman lacking 2 limbs and a leg;

(CASED IMAGE) Sixth-plate daguerreotype portrait of a bearded gentleman lacking 2 limbs and a leg; in a leather case; contemporary seal. Circa 1855

 
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