CHINA, AUSTRALIA AND JAPAN 19TH CENTURY
China, Australia and Japan 19th Century
Fifty-one double page album (102 plates) with albumen prints, among them some watercolored, some photomechanical small size prints. Parchment binding with gild iron decoration.
Hong Kong: two views 8.27 x 10.43 in.
China: three military groups 8.27 x 10.43 in.
Canton: two execution scenes 8.27 x 10.43 in.
China: sixteen albumen prints 3.15 x 4.72 in. and three 8.27 x 10.43 in. (plus 36 photomechanical prints)
Japan: twenty-four albumen prints hand colored in 8.27 x 10.43 in.
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A photo album brings together the charm of individual images and enhances it with the intrinsic sense of unity and completeness given by belonging to the same physical object. This 19th Century album transmits, through the precious original prints, suggestions and references associated with exotic, distant lands. The presence of hand-painted photographs enriches the whole album.
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China, Australia and Japan 19th Century
Fifty-one double page album (102 plates) with albumen prints, among them some watercolored, some photomechanical small size prints. Parchment binding with gild iron decoration.
Hong Kong: two views 8.27 x 10.43 in.
China: three military groups 8.27 x 10.43 in.
Canton: two execution scenes 8.27 x 10.43 in.
China: sixteen albumen prints 3.15 x 4.72 in. and three 8.27 x 10.43 in. (plus 36 photomechanical prints)
Japan: twenty-four albumen prints hand colored in 8.27 x 10.43 in.
CAMERA'S SELECTION
A photo album brings together the charm of individual images and enhances it with the intrinsic sense of unity and completeness given by belonging to the same physical object. This 19th Century album transmits, through the precious original prints, suggestions and references associated with exotic, distant lands. The presence of hand-painted photographs enriches the whole album.