4974 - 5211 FINE ARTS - PHOTOGRAPHS
= Verso w. ms. label "photographie Janv.77 / tirage Juin 78".
= SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XLIX.
AND ±55 other portraits by S. LÖW of Dutch artists in their studio, 1903-1904, all ±23,7x29,5 cm. (a few sl. smaller), almost all w. caption and date in negative and identified in pencil on verso, all later prints from original negatives by W.M.A. Deppe (stamped on verso).
= Portraits of Abraham Hesselink (2x), Johannes Frederik Hulk, Albert Neuhuys, Albrecht Felix Reicher, Louis Apol (2x), Henk Willebrord Jansen (4x), S.J.W. Jansen-Grothe (2x), Arnold Marc Gorter (4x), Nicolaas Bastert (2x), Hobbe Smith (3x), Eduard Frankfort (2x), Mari ten Kate (2x), Jozef Israëls (2x), John F. Hulk, Thérèse Schwartze, Hein Kever, Bart van Hove, Joseph Mendes da Costa, Isaac Israëls, Christoffel Bisschop (2x), Benjamin Prins (2x), Sientje Mesdag-Van Houten (2x), Johan Braakensiek (2x), Simon Maris (2x), Hendrik Maarten Krabbé (2x), Julius van de Sande Bakhuyzen (2x), Willem Carel Nakken (2x), Albrecht Felix Reicher and J.M. van Oort.
- Some boards sl. foxed. As publ. on the orig. leaves.
= All of French and Italian public figures, i.a. S. Bernhardt, W.A. Bouguereau, C. Gounod, V. Hugo, H. Monnier, G. Rossini, G. Sand and G. Verdi.
AND 31 similar others, ±1900, ±14x10,5 cm., w. facs. signatures, all from a Dutch (?) publication.
= Some photographers: Boussod, Valadon & Cie, Emrik & de Binger, Goupil & Cie and M. Verveer. All of Dutch artists, musicians and other public figures, i.a. C. Bisschop, J. Cramer, J.H.L. de Haas, J. Maris, H.W. Mesdag, P. Stortenbeker, C. Rochussen, J. Röntgen and H.J. Scholten.
= I.a. views of the Alhambra, Patio de las Muñecas, the Pena Palace, Belém Tower, Jerónimos Monastery and the Monserrate Palace. Also incl. four later pressphotos (±1960) w. two photos of Real Madrid.
AND 14 glass slides w. description in glass, w. i.a. views of bullfights, Madrid, Salamanca and Seville.
= I.a. Moïse Tshombe returning to Léopoldville, the Plumeur-Bodou Ground Station enabling the first satellite transmission between Europe and the US, thousands of mine-workers protesting in Paris, a portrait of Paul-Henri Spaak and one of Rushdy Abaza.
= Mainly scenes from Belgium, Italy and a few from Luxembourg, i.a. the arrest of Sylvain Dhoest, farmers protest in Namur, the King and Queen of Belgium and several traffic accidents.
= Portraits of British Royalty, i.a. Princess Royal Anne, King Charles III, Prince Edward, Katharine Worsley, Princess Alexandra, Sir Angus Ogilvy, Prince Richard and Birgitte, Duchess of Gloucester.
= Mostly portraits of famous Soviet politicians, artists, scientists, musicians etc., i.a. Vladimir Kirillin (politician), Tamara Makarova (actress), Shovkat Mammadova (singer), Alexandr Paladin (medical scientist), Petr Pavlenko (author), Dzhabar Rasulov (1st secretary of the communist party of Azerbaijan), Bela Rudenko (opera singer), Valentina Serova (actress), Nikolai Tolstoi (physicist) and N. Zelinsky (chemist).
ADDED: 17 other (press) photographs from the GDR.
= Several views of i.a. Bergen, Oslo, Stockholm and Uppsala. Some photographers: F. Beyer (Bergen), J. Jaeger (Stockholm), A. Jonason & Co. (Göteborg), A. Lindahl (Stockholm) and Vaering (Oslo).
AND 1 albumen panorama of Kristiania, 1888, 16x89 cm.
- Sl. faded/ stained.
- AND a wooden "The Vistascope" stereoscope w. foldable handle, ±1900, manufactured by Griffith & Griffith and a letterpress poster used to promote the stereoscope in a French store.
= Anouncement on poster reading: "Ne quittez pas cet établissement sans regarder le stéréoscope. Mis à votre disposition. Pour voir 6 vues, mettez 10 cmes. L'appareil contient 4 séries de 6 vues."
- Partly sl. faded.
= Miscellaneous collection with i.a. views of Cuba (Havana), Denmark (Copenhagen), Egypt (Cairo, Karnak), India (Calcutta), Italy (Naples, Rome), Japan (Kyoto, Nara, Tokyo, Uji, Yokahama), the Alps, Palestine (Bethlehem), Sweden (Stockholm), Switzerland (Grindelwald), the United States (Chicago, Louisiana), Venezuela (La Guaira) and 3x the ruins of French towns after WWI. Published by i.a. B.W. Fleig, Keystone View, Kilburn, Stump & Co. and Underwood & Underwood.
- Partly sl. faded.
= Miscell. collection with i.a. views of Algeria, Austria, China, Congo, Egypt, France, Himalaya, India, Indonesia, Italy, New Zealand, South Africa, Sweden and the Netherlands. Some photographers: J.F. Jarvis (Washington), Keystone View Company (New York), E. Linde & Co. (Berlin), C. Naya (Venice), Underwood & Underwood (New York) and H.C. White Co. (New York).
= Many portraits of children playing, some animals and views in i.a. America, Argentina, Chile, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Mexico, Poland, Russia, Switzerland and Turkey. Some photographers: Griffith & Griffith (Philadelphia), C.H. Jacobi (Koblenz), Köstler (München), J.H. Schoenscheidt (Cologne), Strohmeijer & Wijman (New York) and Underwood & Underwood (New York).
= Varied collection, containing i.a. topography (i.a. France, Italy, America (publ. i.a. by Strohmeyer & Wyman), Ireland, Germany and The Netherlands) and private (family) photographs.
ADDED: ±100 cartes-de-visite, mostly Dutch.
= Mostly (all?) views in France.
= Very nice album showing the student fraternity of Leyden during various festivities incl. hazing rituals. With num. manuscript entries of various students and several nice drawings incl. caricatures and a view of the Hooglandse Kerk. With a few loosely inserted menu cards etc.
- Very faint vertical fold.
- Sl. chipped in top right corner.
AND an anonymous gelatin silver print titled "Winning van Bauxiet. Moengo. Suriname." 39,3x58,4 cm., w. manuscript caption, mounted on board.
= In 1916, the Surinaamsche Baxiet Maatschappij (SBM) discovered huge amounts of bauxite in the village of Moengo. From that point onwards, an American company named ALCAO extraced the material to export it to the United States, lasting until the late 1980s.