ORIGINAL VICTORIAN PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM
CIRCA 1890's
A ORIGINAL 19TH CENTURY PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM CONSISTING OF 82 PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINTS, MOSTLY LARGE SIZES & ONE PER PAGE THAT MEASURE ON AVERAGE 10 X 7 INCHES OR LARGER, 9 IMAGES ARE SMALLER WITH SEVERAL TO EACH PAGE & MEASURE APPROX 6 X 4 INCHES
MAJORITY OF IMAGES HAVE SOME EARLY HAND WRITTEN PENCIL NOTES BELOW WITH A NUMBER OF PHOTO'S THAT HAVE THE ORIGINAL CAPTION STATING LOCATIONS & THE PHOTOGRAPHER.
APPROX 42 IMAGES HAVE NO PRINTED CAPTION BUT MANY WITH A HAND WRITTEN NOTE STATING LOCATIONS, EVENTS OR PEOPLE.
PHOTOGRAPHERS INCLUDED ARE GIORGIO SOMMER, ALFREDO NOACK & SEVERAL WITH THE INTITIALS G. J.
PLACES COVERED ARE SOUTH OF FRANCE, PALERMO, NAPOLI, POMPEI, PISA, GENOA, CADIZ, BARCELONA, MALTA
A NUMBER OF INTERESTING IMAGES WITH WHAT APPEARS TO BE AN IMAGE OF EMPEROR WILHELM II, SEVERAL IMAGES OF THE CREW & OF THE H.M.S. PHAETON ITSELF, AN IMAGE OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE CORINTH CANAL IN GREECE, 3 LARGE IMAGES OF A BULL FIGHT, THE SANTA MARIA & ANOTHER [REPLICA FROM 1892 OF A CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS SHIP] PLUS GROUPS OF INDIVIDUALS, NUMEROUS SCENES, BUILDINGS, MONUMENTS ETC ETC
ALBUM MEASURES APPROX 11 X 15 INCHES
COVER HAS SOME WEAR & RUBBING TO SPINE WITH FADING TO CLOTH BOARDS, THE USUAL FOXING, BROWNING OR MARKS TO CARD MOUNTS WITH SOME FOXING TO THE OCCASIONAL IMAGE, SOME VARYING DEGREES OF FADING TO SOME IMAGES BUT MAJORITY ARE PRETTY CLEAR, VERY OCCASIONAL IMAGE WITH SURFACE ABRASIONS
OVERALL IN GOOD - VERY GOOD & TAKEN PLENTY OF IMAGES TO HELP WITH THE CONDITION
AN INTERESTING ONE OFF ITEM FROM THE 19th CENTURY WITH OVER 80 IMAGES.
FREE OF CHARGE TRACKED & INSURED POSTAGE WITHIN THE UK.
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Antiques.co.uk Ref: VAWY49NN
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