4306 - 4510 FINE ARTS - PHOTOGRAPHS
= KITLV 89904.
AND 4 others similar, all mounted, showing the square near the Cavenagh Bridge and postal office, a pier, a streetview with many rickshaws and the boat quai in Singapore.
- Sl. wrinkled. Ms. annots. in pencil on verso.
Lambert & Co. (1883-1918). (Portrait of D. Franken and G.A. van Leeuwen).Portrait photograph on orig. mount, 8,1x5,5 cm., w. address below.
- Sl. nibbled by silverfish.
Idem. (Two portraits of three siblings). Two portrait photographs on orig. mount w. blindst. address, 14,6x10,3 cm.
- One portrait w. some sm. red spots. Incl. one duplicate.
AND 12 other photographs, various sizes, i.a. albumen prints (some mounted), showing i.a. a portrait of a Japanese girl, a man in a rickshaw, the construction of a railway and three small albumen prints showing Villa Utrecht in Singapore.
- Verso remains of former mounting; shining through.
AND 18 other (albumen) photographs of South Africa, i.a. showing demolitions of railways, i.a. "Ruins to North of Explosion JBuro", "Fort Amiel bij Newcastle", "Wreck at the Rand Timber", "Ruins of Fordsburg side of Explosion", "Spoorwegbrug te Wasbank vernield door Dijnamite", "Brug over de Vaal rivier te 14 Stroomen Gesprongen door Dinamiet" and "Ox-Wagon Foring a Spruit."
= 1. Ladysmith; 2. Dundee; 3. Belmond.
AND 9 other gelatin silver prints concerning the Boer War, i.a. by the same, "Vliegende ambulance" and "Buitgemaakte kanonnen" and by BARNETT, i.a. "Commandant Schutte addressing burghers" (1899), "Boer commando" and "The morning market".
- Rather faded images.
= Interesting collection, incl. street scenes, railways, scenery and a few photographs and picture postcards dealing with the Boer War.
- Mount rubbed and w. waterstain in upper left corner; upper right corner of mount dam.
= Showing both teams just before the return match that was played on Sunday 23 April 1899. RAP Amsterdam won the game with 1-2 after also winning the match in Amsterdam with 3-2. The Enschede F.C. is one of the oldest football clubs of the Netherlands.
AND 2 other team portraits of the first teams of Enschedese F.C. Prinses Wilhelmina, of 1898/1899 (with the players identified) and of the team of season 1906/1907.
= Mostly views of Constantinople and the Middle East (i.a. Egypt, Jerusalem and Port Said).
WITH: contemp. tin stereoscopic viewer (card holder lacks one side piece).
- Traces of use; 4 photographs w. surface dam. in lower left corner.
- Three portraits w. sm. scratch(es); 1 dam. in upper right corner. Album lacks clasp.
- First plate sl. soiled; 3rd plate worn away.
- Some offsetting from postcards on opposite page; a few postcards w. manuscript captions. Most bindings sl. worn along extremities; 2 obl. bindings lack backstrip.
= Contains i.a. travels to Germany (Frankfurt, Baden-Baden, Rhöndorf)); Switzerland (Berner Oberland, Pontresina, St. Moritz); France (Paris, Versailles); Austria (Zell am See); Netherlands (Rotterdam, Arnhem, Doorn, Leeuwarden) and Belgium (Ghent, Brussels, Liège).
- Some tiny spots in print and along margins.
= The Gülmez Frères were three brothers, of Armenian origin, who operated a photography studio in Istanbul, Turkey.
Idem. "Kebabdji (Restaurant turc)". Gelatin silver print, ±1890, 21x27 cm., signed and titled in the print. - AND 19 other photographs by the same, mainly signed and titled in the print, all views of Instanbul incl. street-views, i.a. "Rives Asiatiques du Bosphore", "Palais de Dolma Baghtehé", "Le nouveau Pont de Galat" and "Cour de la Mosquée du Sultan Eyoup".
- Small tear in lower right corner.
Idem. (Resting camels and their owners). Albumen print, ±1880, 21x26 cm., w. photographer's stamp on verso. Idem. (Along the port dock). Albumen print, ±1880, 20,8x25 cm., w. photographer's stamp on verso. - AND 12 other albumen prints by the same, all views of Smyrna, some signed and titled in the print, all w. photographer's stamp on verso i.a. showing camels in line w. heavy packs on their backs, "Les quais vue generale", "Aquaducte du vallon de St. Anne" and the port.
- Tear in sky area (±5cm.).
Idem. "Eaux douces d'Europe". Albumen print, 19,7x27 cm., signed "Sebah & Joaillier" and titled in the plate. - AND 13 other albumen prints by the same, all similar size, all signed and titled in the print, mainly views of Istanbul, old buildings and monuments, i.a. "Palais Vildis & Mosquée Hamidé", "Entrée du Vieux-Séraït", "Sublime Porte" and a portrait: "Marocain".
- Cloth sl. discoloured. = Very rare panoramic view of Constantinople.
- First portrait trifle foxed.
= Two crayon drawings strikingly mimicking real photographs, the first portrait an enlargement of a photogr. portrait made around 1850, the second of a photograph made towards the end of the 19th cent. D. van Veen, on whom nothing could be traced, succeeded in making his drawings look like they were real photographs. It is not certain whether the "J. Witkamp" on the first portrait is the name of the sitter or of an artist working with D. van Veen.