China & Japan Photographs
LATE 19TH CENTURY
£1,000
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photography
Auction: 11 October 2017 at 11:00 BST
Description
Photograph album, comprising 97 photographs in mixed medias and sizes of China and Japan, late C.19th, including many intimate images of family life, personal and candid photographs and several portraits with Mr Schröder and his favoured horses and friends, including a 'Drag Hounds' hunting invitation dated Shanghai, 5 March 1906, accompanied by many images of hounds on the hunt and cordial shots of the hunting party with their spoil, some images include Mr Schröder and his wife in traditional robes, on family picnics and posing with a stuffed tiger, with other images including European officer portraits and military regiments in formation in the streets of Shanghai; included are three photographs entitled "85 General View of Otsu City from Midera" "B.8 Sarusawasnara" and "Y20 Kasuga Temple at Nara"
Footnote
Provenance: From the collection of the Merchant and Anthroposophist Johannes Gottfried William Schröder (1870-1942).