Tribal Portraits

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VINTAGE AND CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE AFRICAN CONTINENT

Tribal Portraits


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Bernard J. Shapero Rare Books

32 Saint George Street

London W1S 2EA

T +44 (0)20 7493 0876

F +44 (0)20 7495 5010

[email protected]

www.shapero.com

Terms and Conditions

The condition o all photographs has been described; all items in this catalogue are guaranteed tobe complete and in good condition unless otherwise stated. All items are oered or sale under the

antiquarian retailers margin scheme, except or books and photographic albums which are zero

rated orVAT purposes. Invoices will be rendered in sterling. The title o goods does not pass to thepurchaser until the invoice has been paid in ull.

Please note images reproduced in this catalogue are not to scale.

To enquire ater any item in this catalogue please contact Roland Belgrave: [email protected]

vat number G.B. 466 5294 16

NB: The illustrations are not equally scaled. Exact dimensions will be provided on request.

PhotographsFront Cover - Item 17. RODGER, George. The Nubas o Kordoan, Southern Sudan.

Back Cover - Item 109. SIDIBE, Malick. Yokoro.

Edited by Roland BelgraveDesigned by Scott Harvey

Photography by Louie Fasciolo

Printed by Thanet Press Ltd.


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Item 15. RODGER, George. Dinka Boys.


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Bernard J Shapero Rare Books

32 Saint George Street

London W1S 2EA

T +44 (0)20 7493 0876

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[email protected]

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VINTAGE AND CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE AFRICAN CONTINENT


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Tribal Portraits is a celebration o Arican culture

and its peoples captured by western and Arican

photographers. Most o the photographs in the

exhibition are very rare: some have not been on the

open market or decades, while others are possibly

unique. This is also, as ar as we are aware, the rst

selling show devoted to the history o photography

in Arica by western and Arican photographers

covering the last one-hundred and ty years.

Examples o iconic images by renowned

photographers include Irving Penns Dahomey

Girls (Item 103), George Rodgers Dinkas (Item

15), Leni Rieenstahls Nuba series (Item 18) and

Casimir Zagourskis Congo (Item 5). These vintage

photographic portraits are juxtaposed with

contemporary Arican photographers Malick Sidib

and Seydou Keita. In addition to these amous names

are the works o Hugo Bernatzik and Pierre Verger

both o whom took some o the most important

and beautiul photographs o Arica during the mid-twentieth century.

Exhibiting vintage and contemporary prints by

western and Arican photographers is an ambitious

concept. Tribal Portraits is about showing this body

o photographic portraiture as art. Photographs taken

in 1856 by Felix Moulin and others rom the early

nineteenth century were intended as historical and

documentary images. They have survived decades

and shown in this new and exciting context, next to

twentieth century and contemporary imagery rom

the Arican Continent, they survive as works o art.

Roland Belgrave

Sophie Elletson

Introduction


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1. ALLEGRET, Marc.

Sara woman, Chad.

[c.1927]. Silver gelatin print, air tonal range and good condition.

Dimensions: 230 by 160 mm (9 by 6.5 inches).

ref: 78738 350

2.ALLEGRET, Mark.

Sara woman, Chad.

[c.1927]. Silver gelatin print, air tonal range and good condition.


ref: 75591 725


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3.[Photographer unknown].

Head study, Uganda. Tete dOutu Mer.

16 May 1925. Silver gelatin print. J Lou Kouba, Jardin

dAcclimatation du Bois de Boulogne written in manuscript onverso. Dimensions: 225 by 190mm. (9 by 7.5 inches).

ref: 78482 1,600



4.RODGER, George.

The Acholi tribe, Uganda.

[c.1950]. Four silver gelatin prints. Stamped, numbered and titled

on verso, excellent tonal range and condition.

Dimensions: 295 by 200 mm ( 11.5 by 8 inches).

Rodgers The Acholi tribe in Uganda is an

exceptional series o our photographs displaying

the traditional Bwola dance. One o the our

has an explanatory caption on the back o

the photograph: In the dance it symbolises a

continuous, unchanging element in the lives o thepeople - their ancient traditions and tribal lore.

ref: 75596 6,250


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Somali warrior, Ethiopia.

[c.1880]. Albumen print. Very good tonal range and in good

condition, pasted on original mount, title in manuscript below.

Dimensions: 208 by 203mm. (11 by 9 inches).

ref: 65193 650

8.[Photographer unknown].Somali warriors, Ethiopia.

[c.1870]. Albumen print. Very good tonal range and in very good

condition, pasted on original card.

Dimensions: 175 by 135mm. (7 by 5.5 inches).

ref: 65671 650



9.[Photographer unknown].Portrait study, East Arica.

[c.1875]. Albumen print, oval shaped.

Very good tonal range and in good condition.

Dimensions: 190 by 140 mm. (7.5 by 5.5 inches).

A studio portrait o three girls rom Ethiopia or

Sudan, two seated, one standing. A beautiul

composition, in very good condition. Single images

rom this period which show such an unusualinormal grouping o the subjects are rare.

ref: 75187 1,500



10.BUCHTA, R[ichard].A Zande Binza, (witchdoctor) Southern Sudan.


condition, pasted on original card, photographers credit and title in

negative, another title in German manuscript.


A ull length portrait o a Zande Binza or

witchdoctor standing beside a hut, wearing rattles,

skins, medicines and other attire. Buchta made an

excursion to the groups west o the Nile in 1879

setting out rom Juba on 7th July and returning

there on 26th August.

ref: 66561 375

11. SEBAH, Pascal.

Sudanese woman.

[c.1880]. Albumen print. Very good tonal range and in excellent

condition. Signed, titled and numbered in negative.

Dimensions: 270 by 200 mm (10.5 by 8 inches).

ref: 74968 225

12.[Photographer unknown].Sudanese men.

[c.1870]. Albumen print. Good rich tones and in good condition.

Photographers title and number in negative.


ref: 60037 225



13. VOSSION, Louis.

Bongo tribe, Sudan.

[c.1882]. Three albumen prints. Fair tonal range and in good

condition, pasted on original card, captions in manuscript.Dimensions: 155 by 110mm. (6.5 by 4.5 inches).

Louis Vossion, 1877-1955, a French diplomat

who undertook postings to Sudan, Pacic, India.

His interest in photography is suggested to be

both personal, and proessional in its reection

o diplomatic duties in remote areas. These three

photographs are a series taken in the same location

in Khartoum, Sudan.

The larger image shows a portrait o a girl rom the

Bongo ethnic group. The Bongo were one o the

smaller groups o the White Nile region. The girl

photographed is part o an ancient dance troupe,

which had perormed ater the main meal with

important members o the tribe. She is pictured

wearing rayed leather garments and an amulet

hung on a long, leather cord around her neck.

Bottom let shows a portrait o Fadl-el- Kerim,

an Arab woman and Aicha, a woman rom the

mountains o Djebel. They are part o the Nouba

ethnic group, consisting o dierent peoples

inhabiting the south o Sudans Kordoan province.

The image in the bottom right shows a group o

ve woman o varied ethnicity, who were slaves

belonging to Ibrahim Eendi Khalil, leader o theCopte colony o Khartoum.

ref: 78130 3,250


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15. RODGER, George.

Dinka Boys.

1948. Printed 1993. Silver gelatin print. Very good tonal range andin good condition. Dimensions: 610 by 510mm. (24 by 20 inches).

ref: 77483 5,250



16. RODGER, George.

Dinka Girls.

1948. Printed 1993. Silver gelatin print. Very good tonal range andin good condition. Dimensions: 610 by 510mm. (24 by 20 inches).

ref: 77482 5,250


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18. RIEFENSTAHL, Leni.

Nuba Dancers o Kau.

[c.1975]. C-print, numbered in pencil F 285126 on verso, good

condition, silk mat paper, Kodak.


Leni Rieenstahl who in 1975 had spent sixteen

weeks in a great heat among the Kau Nabu said: It

had been a time o almost unbearable difculties

and physical strain. Without the urge deeply rooted

in me to chase ater the unusual and beautiulthose pictures would have never been made.

ref: 78078 5,500



19. HAEKEL, Georg.Masai Warriors, Kenya.

[c.1900]. Silver gelatin print. Fair tonal range and in condition.

Photographers stamp on verso.

Dimensions: 165 by 115 mm ( 6.5 by 4.5 inches).

ref: 74969 225

20. [Photographer unknown].Kavirondo tribe, Kenya.

[c.1905] Silver Gelatin Print. Very good tonal range and in goo d

condition. Dimensions: 130 by 130 mm. (5.5 by 5.5 inches).

ref: 62082 225


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24. RICCIARDI, Mirella.

Laughing Turkana Girls on Sand Dunes, Kenya.

1968. Silver gelatin print. Signed on verso, number 1/15Dimensions: 510 by 610mm. (20 by 24 inches).

ref: 78537 3,750




Masai Bride, Kenya.


ref: 78540 3,750




Two Rendille, adjusting jewellery, Kenya.

1967. Platinum print. Signed on verso, number 3/8Dimensions: 850 by 1002mm. (33.5 by 40.5 inches).

ref: 78693 7,000




Young Turkana Girl with Giant Tilapia, Kenya.


ref: 78539 3,750


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29. VINCENTI, C.

Caravan o men carrying Ivory, East Arica.

[c.1898]. Silver gelatin print. Good tonal range and in good

condition, photographers credit in negative.


ref: 77687 750

30. GOMES, A.C.

Group portrait, Zanzibar.

[c.1890]. Silver gelatin print. Photographers studio stamp on

verso. Dimensions: 180 by 150mm. (7 by 6 inches).

ref: 78710 250


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32. VINCENTI, C.

Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania.

[c.1880]. Eight albumen prints, including a two-part panorama,

air tonal range and in good condition, pasted on original card,

photographers blind stamp on some and title in negative.

Dimensions: panorama 210 by 550mm. (8.5 by 21.5 inches) others120 by 170mm. (5 by 6.5 inches).

ref: 76766 3,250


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35. VINCENTI, C.

Msuguma dancers, Tanzania.

[c.1898]. Silver gelatin print. Good tonal range and in goodcondition. Dimensions: 225 by 170mm. (9 by 6.5 inches).

ref: 77695 1,750



36. VINCENTI, C.

Man rom the Magwangwara tribe, Tanzania.

Ongoni. mit.Tabaksdose. Magwangwara.


condition, photographers blindstamp.


ref: 77696 1,250

37. VINCENTI, C.

Man rom the Magwangwara tribe, Tanzania.Ongoni. mit.Tabaksdose. Magwangwara.




ref: 77697 1,250


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40. VINCENTI, C.

Rumaliza.




Mohammed bin Hassan Rumaliza (Rumaliza in

Swahili meaning The one who utterly nishes)

was born around 1850. He was sultan o Ujiji, a city

located on the eastern shore o Lake Tanganyika in

Tanzania and one o the main local slave markets.

Although he was regarded as an Arabic-Swahili,

ethnically he was Arabic. He was very well known

in the 1880s and 1890s or his violent and ruthless

actions in conjunction with the conquest and

exploration o Central Arican countries, particularly

his involvement in the slave and ivory trades.

ref: 77689 1,250

41. VINCENTI, C.

Soliman bin Nasr.


condition. Dimensions: 225 by 170mm. (9 by 6.5 inches).

ref: 77694 1,250


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44. VINCENTI, C.

Wali, Lindi, Tanzania.



Lindi - coastal town in southeastern Tanzania

ref: 77691 500

45. VINCENTI, C.

Wali Mohamed bin Salim, Mikindani.




Mikindani - coastal Arican town in south-eastern

Tanzania

ref: 77690 750

46. VINCENTI, C.

Woman with large, ivory lip-plug. Weib. mit

Oberlippen-Schmuck. I




ref: 77688 525



47. ACEBES, Hector.

Tanzania.

1953. Silver gelatin print. Signed on verso in pencil, edition #8/10,

printed on Aga ber paper. Dimensions: 468 by 568mm.(18.5 by 22.5 inches).

ref: 78530 3,250



48. ACEBES, Hector.

Unidentifed woman, Benin.

1953. Silver gelatin print. Signed on verso in pencil, Artists proo 1/3

Dimensions: 468 by 568mm. (18.5 by 22.5 inches).

A superb portrait, and sold out in the original edition o 10.

ref: 78529 5,250


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54. GRAFF, Stephane.

Marrakech ramparts, Morocco.

2002. Toned silver gelatin silver print. Print number 2 o 20.Dimensions o image: 330 by 300mm. (13 by 12 inches).

ref: 78554 1,500



55. GRAFF, Stephane.

Seeham with dish, Taroudant, Morocco.

2006. Toned silver gelatin silver print. Print number 1 o 20.Dimensions o image: 345 by 290mm. (13.5 by 11.5 inches).

ref: 78559 1,500


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58. LEHNERT AND LANDROCK.

North Arican nude.


condition. Studio stamp and number in negative.

Dimensions: 240 by 180 mm (9.5 by 7 inches).

ref: 74944 650

59. LEHNERT AND LANDROCK

North Arican nude. .


condition. Studio stamp and number in negative.


ref: 74945 650



60. LEHNERT AND LANDROCK

North Arican nude.


condition. Studio stamp in negative.

Dimensions: 165 by 215mm ( 6.5 by 8.5inches).

ref: 74946 650


North Arican nude.


condition, photographers number in negative. Dimensions: 220 by

165mm. (9 by 6.5 inches).

ref: 76375 650




North Arican nude.

[c.1920]. Silver gelatin print. Very good tonal range and in very

good condition, photographers studio stamp in bottom let.Dimensions: 210 by 170mm. (8.5 by 6.5 inches).

ref: 75761 2,250



63. MOULIN, Felix Jacques-Antoine.

Arican women, Algeria.


condition, title in manuscript. Dimensions: 220 by 165mm.(8.5 by 6.5 inches).

ref: 76454 1,500


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68. MOULIN, Felix Jacques-Antoine.

Oulid Nail women, Algeria..


condition, title in manuscript. Dimensions: 220 by 165mm.(8.5 by 6.5 inches).

ref: 76453 1,750



69. [Photographer unknown].

North Arican nude.

[c.1870]. Albumen print. Fair tonal range and in good condition,

photographers number in negative. Dimensions: 180 by 245mm.

(7 by 10 inches).

ref: 76376 1,250

70. [Photographer unknown].Women o Algiers.

[c.1880] Albumen print. Good tonal range and in good condition,

pasted on original mount, title in manuscript on label attached to

mount. Dimensions: 250 by 190mm. (10 by 7.5 inches).

ref: 64124 275


North Arican nude.

[c.1880]. Albumen print. Very good tonal range and in excellent

condition. Dimensions: 240 by 180mm. (9.5 by 7 inches).

ref: 74894 750


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80. BERNATZIK, Hugo.

A Bidyogo kings boat, Bubaque island.

[c.1930]. Silver gelatin print. Printed title, description and

photographers copyright stamp on verso.


At the uneral o a king or other royalty, the boat

was lled with owers and gits to their ancestors

and oated out to sea. Such boats were banned

by the Portuguese to stop the local people rom

escaping.

Hugo Adol Bernatzik (1897 1953) was well knownas an ethnographer and photographer. During his

travels he became ascinated with the people he

encountered. This ascination materialized into

powerul and compelling photographic images

which both document the environment o these

people and capture the beauty o a traditional

Arica. Throughout his lie Bernatzik also undertook

research in a variety o Arican countries, such as

Guinea-Bissau, at the time known as Portuguese

Guinea, and countries beyond Arica, including

Southeast Asia. His photographs convey his

extraordinary talent or capturing the traditions

and customs o the Aricans. He caught a tropical

disease on his last trip to Morocco and died in1953

at the age o ty-six. During the Second World War

most o his work and equipment was destroyed in

a re in Austria and only one almost complete sethas survived.

ref: 78690 3,500



81. BERNATZIK, Hugo.

Bidyogo women in initiation dance, Etikoka.

[c.1930]. Silver gelatin print. Printed title, description and

photographers copyright stamp on verso. Dimensions: 140 by185mm. (5.5 by 7 inches).

ref: 78688 3,850


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85. DELACHAUX ,Theodore and THIEBAUD,

Charles. E.

Young vongolo girl in marriage initiation

ceremony.

[c.1932]. Silver gelatin print, Very good tonal range and in good

condition, mounted on card. Dimensions: 230 by 175mm.

(9 by 7 inches).

The ceremony was perormed by order o the

queen, at whose home the girls reside or one

year beore the marriage initiation. For certain

ceremonies the girls decorated their ace and body

with white earth.

ref: 78742 750


Charles. E.Young woman rom the Tyimba tribe.



(9 by 7 inches).

ref: 78743 750


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Charles. E.

Young woman carrying water.



(9 by 7 inches).

ref: 77728 750


Charles. E.Young woman rom the Humbe tribe.



(9 by 7 inches).

ref: 77736 750




Charles. E.

Young woman rom the Humbe tribe.



(9 by 7 inches).

ref: 77738 750


Charles. E.




(9 by 7 inches).

ref: 77739 750


Charles. E.

Young woman rom the royal residence o

Nyemba.



(9 by 7 inches).

ref: 77746 750




Charles. E.




(9 by 7 inches).

ref: 77744 1,250


Charles. E.Young women rom the Cuanyama with their

fshing nets.



(9 by 7 inches).

ref: 77748 1,250


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103. PENN, Irving.

Five Dahomey Girls, One Standing.

[1967]. Printed beore 1974. Gelatin silver print, signed, initialled, dated,

numbered 4413 in ink, Penn/Conde Nast copyright credit reproduction

limitation stamps on reverse o mount, silver prints o this negative not exceeding

23 on verso. Dimensions: paper size 350 by 350mm. (13 x 13 inches.).

These particular girls belong to the Tono and Aizo tribes o

the Dahomey. Their ancestors, the Fon women, the Amazonso the Kingdom o Dahomey, carried arms and were the Kings

guard. The way they wrap their turbans gives a clue to their

status whether brides or girls in search o a husband.

Dahomey was the name o a country in west Arica now

called the Republic o Benin. The Kingdom o Dahomey

was a powerul west Arican state ounded in the

seventeenth century which survived until 1894. From

1894 until 1960 Dahomey was a part o French West Arica.

The independent Republic o Dahomey existed rom

1960-1975. In 1975, the country was re-named Benin ater

the Bight o Benin (not the unrelated historical Kingdom

o Benin) since Benin, unlike Dahomey, was deemedpolitically neutral or all ethnic groups in the state.

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Arican chie with harem.

[c.1880]. Albumen print. Good tonal range and in good condition.

Dimensions: 135 by 205 (5.3 by 8 inches).

ref: 74962 425


Nigerian women.

[c.1950]. Silver gelatin print, excellent tonal range and condition.

Dimensions: 75 by 75 mm ( 3 by 3 inches).

ref: 75583 175




Yoruba chie accompanied by two men.

[c.1880]. Albumen print. Fair tonal range and in good condition.

Dimensions: 195 by 135 mm (7.8 by 5.5inches).

ref: 74956 225


Fulani Girls, Nigeria.

[c.1950]. Silver gelatin print, good tonal range and condition.

Dimensions: 140 by 90 mm ( 5.5 by 3.5 inches).

ref: 75584 175



108. SIDIBE, Malick.

Cest pas ma aute.

1968. Silver gelatin print. Signed in manuscript, titled and dated

2007. A unique print in this size. Dimensions: 500 by 600mm.(19.5 by 23.5 inches).

ref: 78527 2,750


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111. VERGER, Pierre.

Iliara, Nigeria.

1936/1992 Silver gelatin print. Signed and dated on verso. Edition2/3. Dimensions: 270 by 265mm. (10.5 by 10.5 inches).

ref: 78805 3,750


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116. BARNETT and Co.

Zulus.


condition, photographers number in negative.


ref: 74225 450

117. BARNETT and Co.

Zulus.

[c.1880]. Albumen print. Fair tonal range and air condition. Pasted

on card. Title in negative. Dimensions : 200 by 140mm

(8 by 5.5inches).

ref: 74964 450


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123. [CANEY, Benjamin William (attributed to)].

Zulus.

[c.1870]. Albumen print. Fair tonal range and in good condition.


ref: 61887 175

124. CANEY, Benjamin William.

Zulus.

[c.1880]. Albumen print. Good tonal range and in good condition.

Dimensions: 190 by 140mm (7.5 by 5.5 inches)

ref: 74898 850



125. CANEY, Benjamin William.

Zulus.

[c.1885]. Albumen print. Good tonal range and in excellent

condition. Mounted on card. Dimensions: 200 by 150 mm

( 8 by 6 inches).

ref: 75185 750

126. EPSTEIN, Sallo.

Zulus.

[c.1903] Silver gelatin print. Good tonal range and air condition.

Copyright stamp on verso. Dimensions: 160 by 210 mm (6.5 by 8

inches).

ref: 74947 525



127. EVANS, F.W.

Zulus.

[c.1880]. Cabinet card. Fair tonal range and in good condition.

From the series Farinis Friendly Zulus.

Dimensions: 140 by 100mm. (5.5 by 4 inches).

ref: 74228 625

128 HAYNES, E.Zulus.


condition. Press and archive stamp on verso.

Dimensions: 200 by 150 mm (8 by 6 inches).

ref: 74966 195

129. MIDDLEBROOK, J.E.

Zulus.


condition, photographers credit, title and number in negative.


ref: 76771 250




Warrior, Sehuli.

[c.1885]. Two albumen prints. Fair tonal range and in good

condition, pasted on original card. Dimensions: 145 by 90mm.

(6 by 4 inches) each.

ref: 71214 175


Zulu.

[c.1880]. Cabinet card. Fair tonal range and in good condition.


ref: 75630 175


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134.[Photographer unknown].Zulus.

[c.1880]. Large albumen print. Very good tonal range and in good

condition, photographers number in negative. Dimensions: 280 by

235mm. (11 by 9.5 inches).

ref: 74226 2,250


Zulus.

[c.1880]. Two albumen prints. Good tonal range and in good

condition, pasted on original mount, photographers title and

number in negative. Further later title in manuscript on mount.

Dimensions: 155 by 200mm. (6 by 8 inches). and 200 by 160mm.

(8 by 6 inches).

ref: 63526 625




Slaves with soldier, South Arica.

[c.1880] Albumen print, pasted on card, good condition and with

good tonal range. Dimensions: 220 by 140mm (8.5 by 4.5 inches).

ref: 63509 475

137.BARNETT & Co.Magato girls, Johanesburg, South Arica.


condition, photographers title and credit in negative.


ref: 75965 575




Zulus.



ref: 75501 525


Basotho women, South Arica.

[c.1900]. Silver gelatin print pasted on card. Ink title in margin,

good tonal range and condition. Dimensions: 150 by 105 mm

(6 by 4 inches).

ref: 75585 275

140.[Photographer unknown].Fingo women, South Arica.

[c.1880]. Cabinet card. Title in manuscript, air tonal range and

good condition. Dimensions: 165 by 110mm (6.5 by 4.3 inches).

ref: 75578 375


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Group o Arican portraits.

[c.1900]. Silver gelatin prints. Five rare studio portraits, all in good

condition with rich tonal range. Dimensions: 115 by 90mm.(4.5 by 3.5 inches).

ref: 75586 1,750


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Views o Tangier, Morocco.

[c.1875]. Ten albumen prints. Good to air tonal range, pasted on

original card, titles in manuscript in French.


Views include the town gates, market, views

o Hotel Villa de France and rom this buildingtowards the sea.

ref: 76768 2,000


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148.Maison Garrigues and Neurdein brothers.

Algeria.

[c.1880]. Sixty albumen prints. Good tonal range and in good

condition, pasted on card, titles in manuscript, 205 by 270mm.

(two panoramas 185 by 470mm.) loose, stored in archival box.

Mostly topographical views, with some city views

rom Algiers, Biskra, Constantine and Tunis. The

ancient site o Carthage is shown as is various

Mosques including Kairouan and views o the

Sahara desert. Portraits o nomads and travellingcaravans are also part o this collection.

ref: 72703 3,500


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153.[Photographer unknown]

Ethiopia and Eritrea.

[c.1930] Oblong 4to. (240 by 320 mm). Album bound with red

morocco boards, upper cover gilt with title and stylised pictorial

engraving. sixty seven pages with two-hundred and sixty ve

silver-gelatin mounted photographs and six loose photographs

(ranging rom 160 by 120mm to 120 by 460mm). Titled in Englishand Itlian in manuscript. Very good tonal range and mostly in

excellent condition; bo ards somewhat rubbed and repaired with

linen tape, corners bumped.

A remarkable album o sociological and historical

importance It contains over 90 portraits, 75

views o lanscape and architecture including ten

panoramas. Views include Asmara, Gondar, Dehat,

Lake Tana, Axumiti, The Ghinda Valley, Adi Ugri and

Agondat. Also included are a number o mosquesand castles, and mural paintings.

ref: 74910 2750


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