2988 - 3163 FINE ARTS - PHOTOGRAPHS
= Rich collection of photographs by an anonymous photographer, consisting mainly of streetviews in Rome and surroundings, crowded market stalls, streetvendors, ancient and modern ruins and a series of photographs of a filmset at the foot of the Arch of Constantine.
= I.a. views of "Castel S. Angelo dal Tevere" (4048), "Piazza di S. Pietro", "Via del Corso", "Colosseo", "Piazza Navona", "Foro Traiano" and "Piazza della Minerva".
= I.a. of the Vatican Musea (incl. num. albumen prints of sculptures) and nice views of i.a. "Panorama dalla Piazza del Campidaglia", "Basilica di S. Pietro" (by ALINARI), "Via Appia Nuova", "Campidoglio", "Porta San Paolo", "Piazza Colonna" and "Colosseo e meta Sudante".
= Fine series, showing day-to-day life in Japan, partly w. manuscript caption in pencil in English on verso. I.a. 20 views of temples and the surroundings of Kyoto, "Hitashi Otami Temple Kioto", "Kiomizo Temple Kioto", 6 photographs of beauties, 3 photographs of plays and several fine landscapes.
= Group portraits with various backgrounds, i.a. in a village, inside buildings and in a forest. Also contains a few photographs of ceremonial gatherings and photographs of Japanese women in traditional costumes.
= Showing the production of silk (i.a. the feeding of the young silkworms) and the harvest of tea.
= Nice collection showing lively scenes, i.a. "717 Bamboo Grove, Kioto" (rickshaws and their drivers); "A 181 Chrysanthemum Garden" (women and children in traditional costume enjoying the garden); "A 631 Park at Hikone" (women and children in traditional costume along a pond); "B.30. Wisteria at Kameido, Tokio" (people on a small bridge in the garden); "115 Iris Flowers Horikiri Tokio" (visitors amidst the flowers) and "U 12. Cherry Blossom at Yoshiwara, Yokohama" (a lively street with cherry blossoms).
= Attractive collection showing lively scenes, i.a. "B 95 Kameido. Tokio" (people on a bridge in a wisteria garden); "235. Okano Garden Negishi Tokio" (two women in traditional costume along a pond); "13 Tea House at Honmoku, Near Yokohama" (portrait of a woman in traditional costume w. umbrella in front of the tea house); "594 Fujiyama from Otome Toge" (view on Mount Fuji) and "B 75 Ueno, Toky" (a driver resting on his rickshaw on a road w. cherry blossoms).
= Nice collection showing lively scenes, i.a. "1236. Biwa Lake from Ishiyama" (a family enjoying the view of the river); "316 Mississippi Bay, Yokoha" (woman in rickshaw on road next to bay); "130 Miyajima Aki" (gardeners at work); "761 Playing deers at Kasuga Temple Nara" (a deer on a road); "B 222 Osuwa-temple, Nagasaki" (women and children on the steps towards the temple); "No.5. Benten Dori, Yokohama" (vendors along a road with lanterns) and "B.7. Mukojima at Tokio" (people in a boat on a river).
= Nice collection, streetscenes and landscapes, i.a. Nagasaki (5x), "To Look over Biwa Lake and Seta Bridge", "Wayside resting place" (Two women cooking), "Hozu-Rapids", "Moto Hakone" (Fishing boats on a lake), "100 steps Temple, Osuwa" and "Kouzo" (Two men with rickshaws on the road).
= A very nice colletion of mainly studio photographs, in the style of K. Kimbei or F. Beato, often elegantly handcoloured, i.a. "87. Coolie Winter Dress"; "1739 Fish Seller"; "1654 Street singers"; "571 Traveling Chair at Hakone"; a young woman in traditional costume holding a kitten; "1692 Back style" (showing elaborate hair style on a woman in traditional costume); "1625 Drinking Tea"; "127. Wayside resting" and "1608 Playing music".
= Nice collection, streetscenes and landscapes, mostly (26x) of the Temple Nikko.
= Good collection of various landscapes and views, occas. w. people, i.a."460 Daibatsu at Kamakura"; "Shiba Reiya Tokio"; "264 Sacred Bridge Nikko"; "Storehouse for Treasure at Nikko"; "B 89 Castle, Tokyo"; "G81. Shinto-Temple at Nagasaki"; "635. Asakusa Pagoda Tokio"; "733, Temple, Shiba Tokyo"; "739. 2nd Shogun's Temple, Shiba" and "1578. Great Gate Nikko".
= Nice collection showing various landscapes and views, occas. w. people, i.a."234 Sofukuji"; "168 View of Kobe"; "A 159 View of Maruyama Nagasaki"; "B 206 Harbour. Nagasaki (part 2)"; "G 58. Oura Nagasaki"; "571 Kiga at Hakone"; "B 408 Fuji from Taganoura"; "571 Kowakidani at Hakone" and "551 View of Oyama".
= SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE V.
= Later impression, printed by Serge Béguier. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE V.