Photographs
Catalogue Information: 268 lots with images
Date: 2007
Auction House:
Sotheby's
Location:
United Kingdom
Viewing Notes:
Wed, 7 Nov 07, 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Thu, 8 Nov 07, 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Fri, 9 Nov 07, 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Sun, 11 Nov 07, 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Sale Notes:
Absentee Bids, London
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Photographs
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Lot 1: Francis Frith (1822-1898) , 'The Rameseum of El-Kurneh, Thebes Second View', 1857-58
Albumen print, mounted. Printed title on mount and credit 'Frith Photo' printed below the image. Framed.
Lot 2: Francis Frith (1822-1898) , 'The Pyramids of Sakkarah', 1858
Albumen print, signed and dated in the negative. Mounted on card with the title printed upon the mount. Framed.
Lot 3: Carlo Baldassare Simelli (1811-1877) , Album of Views of Rome, 1860s
An album containing 39 albumen prints from wet-plate collodion negatives, presented one to a page, each numbered and/or titled in the negative. Oblong quarto, quarter morocco, with cloth boards, the spine gilt lettered 'Edifizi di Roma'. An ink stamp [...more]
Lot 4: William Henry Fox Talbot (1800-1877) , The Gate of Christ Church, Oxford, c. 1845
Talbotype, mounted on paper. Numbered '18' on the mount in an unknown hand. Framed.
Lot 5: Roger Fenton (1819-1869) , The Ogwen Falls, 1850s
Albumen print, mounted on card, with printed title and printed credit 'Photographed by R. Fenton'. Printed reference below image at right identifies the view as ' W. No. 11'. Framed.
