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Click here to subscribe*Seymour (David, 'Chim', 1911-1956). Orphans of the Greek War, 1948, vintage gelatin silver print of an elderly woman with children in front of a crowd, press captions, markings and wetstamps to verso, together with four further Magnum photos by Seymour of Germany, 1949, later prints, press captions, markings and stamps to versos, various sizes (5)
*Seymour (David, 'Chim', 1911-1956). Filming 'St Francis, God's Jester' by Roberto Rossellini, 1950, a group of eight gelatin silver prints including three vintage prints, a few creases and occasional marks, printed captions, markings and wetstamps including David Seymour/Magnum Photos credit stamps to versos, 25 x 20cm and similar sizes, together with three further gelatin silver print photographs by Seymour from the filming of 'The Glass Mountain' in the Dolomites, 1948, later prints, press captions, markings and wetstamps to versos, 22 x 19cm and similar (11)
*Seymour (David, 'Chim', 1911-1956). Children of Europe, 1949, printed later, a group of eight gelatin silver prints, mostly groups of children in Italy, press captions, markings and wetstamps including Magnum Photos credit stamps to versos, 17.5 x 24cm and similar sizes (8)
*Seymour (David, 'Chim', 1911-1956). Europe's Children, 1949, a group of 10 gelatin silver prints including two vintage prints, all of groups of children, mostly among Cassino ruins, press captions, markings and wetstamps including Magnum Photos credit stamps, a few corner creases, 24 x 19cm and similar sizes (10)
*Seymour (David, 'Chim', 1911-1956). Europe's Children, 1949, printed later, a group of 10 gelatin silver prints of children in Italy (and one in Poland), all with printed captions, markings and wetstamps, all but one with Magnum Photos credit stamps, 22.5 x 19cm and similar (10)
*Atiie (David, active circa 1970 ). A group of four vintage gelatin silver prints, c. 1970, photographer's wet stamp to versos, 25 x 32.5 cm and two smaller, together with a typed letter signed from the photographer to Mr Osman at Creative Camera concerning a planned article (4)
*Capa (Cornell, 1918-2008). Stainless steel abstract structure by Yaakov Agam, 1973, vintage gelatin silver print test photograph, 22 x 32 cm, press caption and photographer's credit wet stamp to verso, together with 13 other assorted press print photographers, including two large photographs of Marilyn Monroe by unidentified photographers, one with Arthur Miller, and one drinking coffee with another man, 28 x 35 cm, plus some female nudes (14)
*Chinese & Japanese Photographers. A group of 17 vintage and later printing gelatin silver print photographs by various photographers, c. 1970s & 1980s, mostly of women including some nudes, photographers include Ginnosuke Yoshino, Jun Yoshido (some nudes), and Isao Hirachi, the first two photographers with wet stamps to verso, 18 x 27 cm and larger sizes (17)
*Gidal (Tim, 1909-1996). The Lamp, Berlin, 1929; Poland, 1932; London, 1939; printed later, three gelatin silver prints printed c. 1977, all signed and titled to lower margin, first and third photographs also signed to versos, second and third photographs with wider margins, all with signed inscriptions in the margins signed 'Tim', the first two for Grace, the third with a longer and messy inscription for Colin to lower and right margins, images 24 x 17cm and the reverse (3)
*Haskins (Sam, 1926-2009). A group of ten vintage gelatin silver prints, c. 1984, seven with photographer's labels to versos and three with copyright stamps, 23.5 x 19 cm, together with accompanying related letter concerning their intended use for a 1984 calendar (10)
*Racing Pigeons. A group of approximately 30 gelatin silver prints of racing pigeons interest, c. 1920s and later, including press prints, some with captions and markings to versos, various sizes, together with an album of approximately 80 pages of newscuttings of pigeon fancier interest, c. 1898-1921, contemporary cloth, worn, plus Volume 65 of The Racing Pigeon (January-June 1937), contemporary half calf, worn, both 4to Colin Osman began his career by taking photographs for Racing Pigeon, a weekly founded in 1898 by his grandfather. (approx. 30)
*Saudek (Jan, born 1935). David boy 1973, together with David, the same boy, 1983, gelatin silver print contact prints, printed c. 1983, both signed and titled lower right and right margins, 20 x 15cm, together with an accompanying letter from Saudek, written in ink and signed Jan with a pen and pencil and colour felt tip sketch at head, one page, folio, plus the original postmarked envelope with hand-painted addressee design by Saudek (4)
*Saudek (Jan, born 1935). Two vintage gelatin silver prints, 1980s, the first titled 'The Kiss Off #218' to left margin, 14 x 20cm, the second titled 'The 1st Kiss to a Little Brother, 1983' in the photographer's hand to verso, 9 x 13cm, together with an accompanying letter from Saudek to Colin, written in neat pencil and signed Hans, pen and ink sketch at head ('Portrait of my Lost Girl #217'), one page, folio (3)
*Saudek (Jan, born 1935). A group of five vintage gelatin silver prints, c. 1980s, including two contact prints, (both inscribed in pencil by the photographer 'Not for sale' and one signed Jan), giving image numbers 116 & 186, 11 x 11.5cm, two others with numbers 128 & 140 to versos, 18 x 13cm, the final print 11 x 8cm, with a brown manila envelope inscribed with the photographer's name in his hand in block capitals (6)
*Various Photographers. A group of approximately 45 vintage and later printing gelatin silver print press photographs, c. 1970s/1980s, photographers including Saline Renger, David Chadwick, Sebastian Knight, Greg Leach, Michael O'Cleary, Graham Keene, Shaun Smith, Pat Benetar, Peter Kovach, etc., various sizes, many with identification details and wet stamp to versos (approx. 45)
*Various Photographers. A group of approximately 60 vintage and later printing gelatin silver prints, c. 1970s/1980s, photographers include James Alinder, Charles Gatewood (nudes), Erasmus Schroter, Kurt Hutton, Bruce Weber, etc., various sizes, some mounted, many with press captions and wet stamps to versos (approx. 60)
*Various Photographers. A collection of approximately 120 gelatin silver print photographs, c. 1970s, including press print photographs, mostly portraits and people including a series of female nudes, largely by unidentified photographers, mostly 10 x 8 and similar sizes, but also some larger, the largest a photograph of film director Ken Russell on the set of 'The Devils' by David Hurn, 30 x 38 cm, horizontal cracking to upper margin (approx. 120)
*Weston (Edward, 1886-1958). A group of seven gelatin silver prints, printed mid-1970s, exhibition press print labels to versos of five identifying titles as Sunny Corner in an Attic, 1921, Armco Steel, Ohio, 1922, Ralph Pearson, 1923, Eroded Rock, Point Lobos, 1930, Charis, Lake Ediza, 1937 and Hot Coffee, Mojave Desert, 1937, all with museum stamps to versos, 19 x 23 cm and one the reverse (7)
*Herschel (John Frederick William, 1792-1871). 'The Forty-Foot Telescope at Slough', photographic print made in 1890 [by John Werge] from John Herschel's glass negative of [9 September] 1839, circular silver print (diameter 92mm), some small areas of abrasions or insect damage to paper surface, mounted on paper support incorporating printed title and descriptive letterpress and dated August 1890, with signatures of Herschel's two sons, mounted on card, framed in period wooden frame, glazed, contemporary Ryman & Co. stationery label (split) and fragment of related (or original) printed paper descriptive notice to frame verso, overall 40 x 49cm This is one of only 25 prints made in 1890 from the original negative, the earliest surviving photograph on glass. This was the only image recorded of the 40-foot telescope in Slough, Berkshire, assembled in 1787 by William Herschel (1738-1822), and dismantled in 1839. The massive reflecting telescope used a metal mirror four feet in diameter and weighed over a ton, and became a much-visited wonder of the age. By the time Herschel's son John took this photograph, the telescope structure had become unsafe through neglect. The photograph is mounted in a frame using the rungs from John Herschel's telescope used at Slough and Cape Town, South Africa. The negative, now faded almost beyond recognition, is preserved in the collections of the Science Museum, London. Provenance: From the family of Sir John Herschel, by direct descent through his daughter Amelia and her husband Sir Thomas Wade. See also following lot. (1)
[Fenton, Roger, 1819-1869]. An album of later copies of photographs of Queen Victoria and the royal family by Roger Fenton, 27 gelatin silver print photographs mounted to stiff card leaves on rectos only, neat ink captions to mounts beneath, images mostly 15 x 11cm and similar with two copy letters to on behalf of the king, and a related gelatin silver print copy of a signed photograph of King Edward VII pasted at rear of album, length typed note of provenance pasted to front pastedown, dated June 1905, original quarter roan over pimpled cloth with gilt royal coat of arms to upper cover, upper joint split and a little wear to spine, oblong small folio (19 x 27cm) As explained in the typed note of provenance the copies were produced by Vernon Kirk Armitage, Fenton's brother-in-law, as a Coronation gift to King Edward VII. In addition to the copy gifted to the king, six copies were distributed to members of the Armitage and Fenton families, of which this is one. (1)
*Talbot (William Henry Fox, 1800-1877). A group of silver articles on shelves, c. 1845, salted paper print, 140 x 160mm, old card mount, together with a half-length salt print portrait of an unidentified suited man, added watercolour, circa 1850s, 13.5 x 10.5cm, contemporary album mount with German inscription to verso, dated 1858, plus two further salt prints, one of an aqueduct and waterfalls in Italy, circa 1840s, very faded, 19 x 24.5cm, the other of a print or watercolour of a rustic scene, 9.5 x 14cm (4)
*India. A group of four photograph albums, c. 1927-34, gelatin silver print photographs of mostly European people engaged in various pursuits including shooting, riding, etc., one album titled 'Jind Week, 4th Annual Championship Field Trial, Coursing, etc., 1927', another Lunch at Mastung..., 1928, photos by Ganesh Das Mullick, Frontier Studio, Quetta, another titled 'Sibi Week 1930, by the Baluchi Studio', and the last one of Dhil Nadi Camp, 1934, photographs mostly postcard size and slightly smaller, sparsely captioned, various bindings, oblong 8vo/folio, together with a small quantity of related loose photographs (a small carton)
Carte-de-visite albums. A cabinet card and carte-de-visite album, late 1870s, 25 stiff card leaves, designed to hold 24 cabinet cards and 124 cartes de visite (only seven cartes de visite here present), the remaining windows blank, a few ink inscriptions to mounts, all edges gilt, leather-backed thermoplastic covers with bois durci moulded cover featuring three chamois on rocks set in relief against a beige leather background, the thermoplastic lower cover with oval geometric design, gilt clasp, 29 x 23cm, together with a thermoplastic album manufactured in France in the 1880s, with windows for 22 cabinet cards and 16 cartes de visite, here lacking only four cabinet cards, the studios for the unidentified portraits including Reutlinger and Langlois, both of Paris, all edges gilt, morocco-backed thermoplastic covers, the upper cover in relief with ornamental design and monogram MS, the lower cover with the same border but a plain ground, gilt silver clasp with patent dates of 1875 and 1881, 22 x 18cm Hannavy, Case Histories, pp. 133-135. (2)
Iraq. A group of three photograph albums of Iraq, mid 1930s, possibly by L. Wells of the RAF Medical Service, including views, people and scenes, some aviation interest, hospitals, wildlife and genre scenes, a total of approximately 350 corner-mounted gelatin silver prints, 20 x 25cm and smaller, the majority with neat white china ink captions to mounts, hinges weak, contemporary cloth/boards with spine ties, rubbed, oblong folio (3)
*Army Medical Museum, USA. A surgical photograph of a bullet hole through a human spine, Fort Yuma, California, 1873, albumen print photograph, on original mount for the International Exhibition, Philadelphia, 1876, descriptive text above and below, printed descriptive label to verso, water damage to lower part of mount, away from image though affecting some text, image 180 x 150mm, together with a large anatomical stereocard, 1870s, and three later anatomical gelatin silver prints of a human foetus, human brain and skull of a python The label to the mount verso of the first item reads: 'Photograph no. 349. Shot Fracture of Vertebrae. Private W. Castle, 6, 23rd Infantry, was shot at Fort Yuma, California, while drunk, by an acting sergeant of the guard, September 24th 1873'. (5)
*Lockington Vial (A.E., 20th century). A group of 14 large format gelatin silver exhibition prints of the Alps, c. 1940s, 33 x 43 cm, mounted, mostly with pencil captions and signatures to lower mounts, many with numerous exhibition labels pasted to versos, including RPS, Manchester, Newcastle, Leicester, etc. (14)
Madagascar. A large album containing over 300 gelatin silver prints of engineering and other work in Madagascar, c. 1930s to 1950s, some captioned in the negatives, various sizes, but many 17 x 12.5 cm, corner-mounted on to 32 album leaves and back-to-back throughout, eight further leaves with other photographs at rear, some related photographs loosely inserted, contemporary half leather, some wear, oblong folio (40 x 57 cm) (1)
Philippines. Personal photograph album of the Philippines under American occupation, c. 1915, 260 silver gelatin prints mounted rectos and versos to black thick-paper leaves, various dimensions (approximate ranges 6 x 4 cm to 12 x 9 cm or reverse), including landscapes, street scenes, typhoon damage, and photographs of the compiler and his associates, 6 images with later manuscript captions in borders (of which 2 dated 1915), 2 captioned in the negative, several others with catalogue numbers in the negative, pale water-staining to last 10 leaves, post-bound in slightly later black cloth, oblong quarto (17.5 x 26.5 cm) The photographs with manuscript captions depict Cebu, Luzon and Manila; the professional photographs with captions in the negative depict a male Igorot and the Pagsanjan Gorge. The compiler may have been an American soldier or other functionary. (1)
Plymouth and Devon. Family photograph album, 1897-1912, approximately 215 original gelatin silver prints, most 7 x 10 cm and mounted rectos and versos to thick card leaves, 4 to a page, pencilled captions throughout, final leaf loose, contemporary half morocco, spine defective and worn, oblong quarto Album mainly comprising street scenes, views and family photographs in Plymouth and rural Devon, as well as some 40 images of boats in Plymouth harbour, including named Royal Navy vessels, sailing brigs, and a regatta, and visits to various other counties; there are also several photographs of Redvers Buller hosting the London Devonian Society at Downes House, Crediton. (1)
*Saudi Arabia. A group of 58 mounted gelatin silver print photographs, c. 1940s, including street scenes, some views and groups featuring King Ibn Saud, one with five young sons, images approximately 14 x 21 cm and similar, printed captions pasted to mounts recto or versos (58)
*Brazil & Thailand. A group of 12 gelatin silver prints of Rio de Janeiro, c. 1920, approximately 16 x 21 cm and slightly smaller, plus seven gelatin silver prints of elephant fighting in Thailand by Robert Lenz of Singapore, circa 1900, approximately 18 x 27 cm and some smaller, some marginal tears and surface abrasions, photographer's stamp and adhesion remains to versos (19)
*Sutcliffe (Frank Meadow, 1853-1941). Henry Freeman, Lifeboatman at Whitby, North Yorkshire, c. 1880, printed c. 1910, carbon print, half-length portrait of Freeman wearing his cork lifejacket, together with a gelatin silver print photograph of Freeman in another pose wearing the same cork lifejacket, the first signed by Sutcliffe in pencil to image lower left corner, the second initialled and numbered 259 in the negative, both with signed pencil inscriptions by Sutcliffe to versos giving negative numbers 2072 & 259, 19.5 x 15cm Henry Freeman (1835-1904) was a Whitby fisherman and lifeboatman. He was the only survivor of the Whitby Lifeboat disaster of 9 February 1861, during which a great storm wrecked more than 200 ships on the east coast. During attempts to rescue the stricken vessels the lifeboat capsized and all but one of the crew were lost. Freeman survived because he was wearing a new design of cork lifejacket. (2)
*Trees. A group of twelve gelatin silver print photographs of trees and woods, France (?), 1901, many with one or two figures included in the compositions, 23 x 17 cm and the reverse, individual card mounts, all but two signed and dated, 'E. Biat, 1901' to lower mounts (12)
World Travel. An album containing approximately 60 photographs, c. 1900s, a mixture of platinum prints, gelatin silver prints and some albumen prints, etc., including three platinum print views of Malaysia, four tinted Japanese views, views on the Mediterranean, plus naval ships and related officers, 17 x 26 cm and smaller, many mounted one to leaf and including two unidentified panoramas, contemporary buckram, rubbed, together with two unrelated family albums, one late 19th century British views and portraits and one 1930, containing snapshots of horses and hounds, military training, etc., contemporary cloth, all 4to (3)
*Buckham (Alfred, FRPS, 1879-1956). Dramatic photograph of a British biplane passing over a Destroyer at sea, 1918, large gelatin silver print, 37 x 46cm, original stiff card mount, photographer's signature in pencil to mount lower right, inscribed (?)'J.B.D. in rough sea, 1918' to mount verso (1)
*Chance (George, 1885-1963). Camera Studies of New Zealand, late 1920s, a portfolio of 12 gelatin silver prints on textured paper, signed 'Geo. Chance FRPS' and titled very neatly in ink by the photographer to lower margins, images 19 x 23.5cm and similar, exhibition mounts with Camera Study printed labels to mount versos and numbered 6621-6632, loosely conserved in original card portfolio with neat presentation inscription to inside cover, 'To Mr & Mrs Tatham. A small memento of your trip midst the southern lakes of New Zealand, from Mr & Mrs Robert G. Hudson', some soiling and slight wear to portfolio, overall 51 x 50cm The photographs are titled: 1. Otago Harbour; 2. Lake Manapouri; 3. Lake Te Amau; 4. Approach to Eglinton Valley; 5. Eglinton River; 6. Lake Gunn, Eglinton; 7. Lake Wakatipu; 8. Lake Wakatipu; 9. Pembroke, Wanaka; 10. Glendhu Bay, Lake Wanaka; 11. Harvest, Wanaka; 12. Mount Cook. (12)
Civil Engineering. Photographic archive of various engineering projects undertaken by Brims & Co. Ltd: 'NW Quay (Riverside Quay), Tyne Dock' and 'Sutherland Quay, Tyne Dock', 2 volumes, 1939-42; 'London-Yorkshire Motorway, River Trent Bridges', 2 volumes, 1963-4; 'Darlington By-Pass, Bridges', 2 volumes, 1963-4, 'NW Quay, Tyne Dock' and 'Riverside Quay, Tyne Dock' respectively containing 47 and 36 gelatin silver prints (20 x 25.5 cm; image size 15.5 x 21 cm), dated in the negative, blind- and wet stamps of W. H. Elliott of North Shields, each set loose in photographer's original brown cloth-backed portfolio with pencilled titles to front boards and mild wear to extremities, oblong 4to and 4to; 'London-Yorkshire Motorway, River Trent Bridges' and 'Darling By-Pass Bridges' containing in total approximately 380 gelatin silver prints, 6 colour photographs and 2 printed plans, including some 120 in large format (approximately 21 x 16 cm) of which 3 loosely inserted, 250 in small format (12 x 9 cm), and a few of intermediate size, all corner-mounted rectos and versos to black light card leaves, wet stamps and negative numbers of G. Hewson or W. E. Middleton and Sons (both of Nottingham) on versos, neat manuscript captions throughout in white ink, each work ring-bound in 2 snakeskin-effect black cloth albums (4 in total), a few leaves loose and 4 captioned prints lacking in Trent Bridges volume 2, oblong folio Well-preserved visual record of the expansion of the Tyne Dock during the Second World War by Newcastle engineering firm Brims & Co. Ltd, and of their involvement in the construction of the M1 and upgrading of the A1 at Darlington twenty years later. The four albums relating to these last two projects appear to have been compiled as the company's official record of proceedings. Brims & Co. Ltd was wound up in 1993 but recommenced trading in 2006 as Brims Construction Limited, now based in Sunderland. (4)
*Comedians. A group of mostly vintage gelatin silver print photographs by Richard Levin (1910-2000), c. 1960s and later, subjects include Eric Sykes, Hattie Jacques, Wilfred Bramble, Benny Hill, Sid James, Jimmy Edwards, Robert Morley, Bob Hope, Harry Worth, etc., 50 x 40cm and smaller, some with wetstamps and identifications to versos (25)
*Drtikol (Frantisek, 1883-1961). A rare study of a male nude [Dr A. Wood Smith], 1930s, photogravure on tissue paper, 20 x 16cm, on original mount, with a half-tone print of the image in reverse, together with a group of photographs by Dr A. Wood Smith, 1930s, gelatin silver prints, including a group of five large studies of dancers, together with a further collection of 45 smaller studies of a dancer in motion, eight large studies of female nudes and one male nude, mounted, a few signed on mounts, the largest images 50 x 40cm, the smallest 14 x 10cm Male nude studies by Drtikol are scarce. From the collection of the model. (approx. 50)
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