Lot 515
Photographs - China, Japan, Egypt, Yemen, Germany, Austria & Italy
LATE 19TH CENTURY
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photography
Auction: 11 October 2017 at 11:00 BST
Description
Photograph album, comprising 120 photographs, mostly albumen prints, late C.19th, including c.27 views of the Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum, tomb of the Hongwu Emperor, in Nanking, two images of the Six Harmonies Pagoda in Hangzhou and a series of images of historic Beijing, including a view of the of the Yonghe Temple and a view of the Zongli Yamen, the Qing government's Foreign Office
Dimensions
largest 26.2 x 20.8cm
Footnote
Provenance: From the collection of the Merchant and Anthroposophist Johannes Gottfried William Schröder (1870-1942).
Note: Most of these photographs are by Thomas Child (1841-1898). There are seven panoramic views of Genoa by Alfred Noack (1833-1895) and four views of Egypt by Adelphoi Zangaki (the Zangaki Brothers) (active 1870s-1890s). There are also eight hand coloured photographs of Japan, including a view of the Moon Temple at Kobe and a view of the Kasuga temple in Nara.