Java and the East IndiesCollection of 56 photographs, circa. 1880s 56 albumen prints (average 192 x 265mm., or the reverse), each mounted on card (mounts 327 x 460mm.) and captioned by hand in German in ink on the reverse, housed in a contemporary fitted buckram box with red label on the spine titled 'JAVA', occasional slight fading, box spotted and rubbed with some wear A fine collection of rare photographs by an unidentified professional photographer or photographers, showing views, bridges, portraits of Javanese people (and one of a woman from Borneo), farming, weaving, food, architecture, landscapes and ancient temples. PROVENANCE:One of a series of portfolios of travel photographs assembled by a collector/traveller in the 1890s, see also lots 1, 4, 5, 12, 14, 16, 18, 19, 20, 23, 25, 52 and 159.
Java and the East IndiesCollection of 56 photographs, circa. 1880s 56 albumen prints (average 192 x 265mm., or the reverse), each mounted on card (mounts 327 x 460mm.) and captioned by hand in German in ink on the reverse, housed in a contemporary fitted buckram box with red label on the spine titled 'JAVA', occasional slight fading, box spotted and rubbed with some wear A fine collection of rare photographs by an unidentified professional photographer or photographers, showing views, bridges, portraits of Javanese people (and one of a woman from Borneo), farming, weaving, food, architecture, landscapes and ancient temples. PROVENANCE:One of a series of portfolios of travel photographs assembled by a collector/traveller in the 1890s, see also lots 1, 4, 5, 12, 14, 16, 18, 19, 20, 23, 25, 52 and 159.
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