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Auction archive: Lot number 56•

NAVAL – AFRICA and CHINA

Estimate
£0
Price realised:
£8,125
ca. US$12,578
Auction archive: Lot number 56•

NAVAL – AFRICA and CHINA

Estimate
£0
Price realised:
£8,125
ca. US$12,578
Beschreibung:

Five albums kept by Lieutenant Charles B. Clark, RN, recording his travels while serving on board serving on HM Ships Amethyst, Boxer and Immortalité, embellished with a series of charts and containing both photographs and drawings by him (some in watercolour), among the latter being a group drawn while serving in West Africa with the Boxer (including "The Camp in West Africa/ 9 to 14 July 1877", "Bombardment of Emblama, up the River Niger/ 17 August 77" by the Boxer and two other ships, views of Accra and castle, "Young Lady of Sulymah,/ W. Africa; Apr:79/ C.B.C.", "Sulymah;/ West Africa./ Apr: 1879/ CBC"); one album comprising mainly views of Nang-po and one of views in Spain and Portugal, in five albums, some wear, covers loose, etc., oblong folio and quarto, China, West Africa, South America and Europe, c.1870-1890s

Auction archive: Lot number 56•
Auction:
Datum:
19 Jun 2013
Auction house:
Bonhams London
London, Knightsbridge Montpelier Street Knightsbridge London SW7 1HH Tel: +44 20 7393 3900 Fax : +44 20 7393 3905 info@bonhams.com
Beschreibung:

Five albums kept by Lieutenant Charles B. Clark, RN, recording his travels while serving on board serving on HM Ships Amethyst, Boxer and Immortalité, embellished with a series of charts and containing both photographs and drawings by him (some in watercolour), among the latter being a group drawn while serving in West Africa with the Boxer (including "The Camp in West Africa/ 9 to 14 July 1877", "Bombardment of Emblama, up the River Niger/ 17 August 77" by the Boxer and two other ships, views of Accra and castle, "Young Lady of Sulymah,/ W. Africa; Apr:79/ C.B.C.", "Sulymah;/ West Africa./ Apr: 1879/ CBC"); one album comprising mainly views of Nang-po and one of views in Spain and Portugal, in five albums, some wear, covers loose, etc., oblong folio and quarto, China, West Africa, South America and Europe, c.1870-1890s

Auction archive: Lot number 56•
Auction:
Datum:
19 Jun 2013
Auction house:
Bonhams London
London, Knightsbridge Montpelier Street Knightsbridge London SW7 1HH Tel: +44 20 7393 3900 Fax : +44 20 7393 3905 info@bonhams.com
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