History and Description of the Processes of the Daguerreotype and the Diorama, By Daguerre

Lot 1 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science)

Historique et Description des Procedes du Daguerreotype et du Diorama par Daguerre, Peintre, Inventeur du Diorama, Oficier de la Legion-d'Honneur, ... read more

Daguerreotypes

Lot 2 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science)

2 daguerreotypes in matching cases, one showing a well dressed male portrait, the other a well dressed lady. c1850s. Provenance: The John Randall (Qty: 2) ... read more

Daguerreotype and Tintypes. Humourous

Lot 3 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science)

Sixth plate daguerreotype cased with a cartouche B mat c1847-54 (Nolan), showing a caricature of a well dressed man. Also, 2 rough cut, sixth plate (Qty: 3) ... read more

Mixed Lot. Daguerreotypes and Ambrotypes

Lot 4 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science)

Group containing a ninth plate and 3 sixth plate daguerreotypes, 2 quarter plate ambrotypes in gesso frames (damaged), ambrotype of a child mounted (Qty: 10) ... read more

Daguerreotype-Japanese Women Tea Drinking

Lot 5 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science)

Sixth plate daguerreotype, reproduction of a photograph showing Japanese women drinking tea from 1870-80s. Mounted in decorative case with clasp. (Qty: 1) ... read more

Daguerreotypes by Antoine Claudet

Lot 6 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science)

Two sixth plate, cased daguerreotypes by Antoine Claudet. The first is a gold toned portrait of a well dressed woman with her hair in ringlets. The (Qty: 2) ... read more

Quarter-Plate Daguerreotype Full Length Portrait

Lot 7 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science)

English, c.1850, Quarter-plate daguerrotype, full-length portrait of a standing gentleman in a coat with red edging to the belt and shoulders in a ... read more

Collection of Ambrotype Photographs

Lot 8 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science)

including a large photograph of an elderly couple (glass frame and image all loose) frame 20.5cm x 16.5cm, Ambrotype of a woman subtly coloured, ... read more

Ambrotype by Mathew Brady

Lot 9 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science)

Half plate ambrotype by Mathew Brady. (Dismantled) Portrait by Mathew Brady with preserver, mat, cover glass and half of frame. The mat is (Qty: 2) ... read more

Group of Ambrotype Portraits

Lot 10 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science)

3 quarter plate and 1 sixth plate size ambrotypes in cases and mounts. Portraits of women and 1 showing a group of people. Included is a sixth plate (Qty: 5) ... read more

Ambrotypes-Portraits

Lot 11 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science)

2 large three quarter plate ambrotypes in red moroccan covered hinged cases with clasps. One is an individual portrait, the second a family portrait. (Qty: 2) ... read more

Ambrotype of a Church

Lot 12 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science)

Quarter plate ambrotype showing St. Lukes Church in Chelsea c1850-70s housed in a union case,"The Washington Monument, Richmond, Virginia by Peck & (Qty: 1) ... read more

Ambrotypes Portraits

Lot 13 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science)

Group of 8 ambrotypes in formats: 4x5in., sixth plate and ninth plate Seven individual portraits and one group. (Qty: 8)

Ambrotypes

Lot 14 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science)

Group comprising of 4 ninth plate ambrotypes, 3 portraits of young girls and 1 of a woman. 1 quarter plate ambrotype showing a man. With a label (Qty: 5) ... read more

Collection of Union Cased Daguerreotype & Ambrotype Photographs

Lot 15 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science)

Collection of Union Cased Daguerreotype & Ambrotype Photographs, to include a single Daguerrotype of a seated gentleman, ambrotypes of a seated boy, ... read more

A Collection of Good Union Cases

Lot 16 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science)

including a union case with an image of George Washington to front and back, and 5 others

Ambrotypes with Horse Interest

Lot 17 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science)

Interesting group comprising 2 ambrotypes and 2 tintypes. A half plate ambrotype copy of a print showing a harness racing print from the mid 19th (Qty: 5) ... read more

Portraits

Lot 18 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science)

Interesting example of vernacular photography showing 3 children in masks, reminiscent of work by Diana Arbus. Silver gelatin print (125x180mm) (Qty: 3) ... read more

Charles Nègre

Lot 19 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science)

Charles Nègre albumen print (214x164mm). Untitled Bridge, South of France, c1860s. Provenance: The Miller-Plummer Collection sale at Christies, New (Qty: 1) ... read more

Cyanotype. Portrait with Multi-Lens Camera

Lot 20 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science)

Cyanotype print (173x130mm) 18 portraits on single sheet from a multi-lens camera. Unknown photographer and sitter. Provenance: The John Randall (Qty: 1) ... read more

Cyanotype. Botanical Subject

Lot 21 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science)

Cyanotype print (167x215mm) pasted onto page (250x324mm), titled "Myurella Apiculata-M. Julacea" in ink on page with reversed titling and numbering (Qty: 1) ... read more

Cyanotype. Frederick DeBourg Richards (Attrib.)

Lot 22 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science)

Cyanotype print (185x140mm) with border, showing the grave of Horace Andrews 1819-1901, who produced a book of Virgil's work called,"Virgils Eclogues (Qty: 1) ... read more

Stereo Cyanotype

Lot 23 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science)

Stereo cyanotype (163x83mm) mounted on card mount, showing 3 women and a dog on a riverbank. Unknown photographer. Provenance: The John Randall (Qty: 1) ... read more

Cyanotype. Frederick DeBourg Richards (Attrib.)

Lot 24 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science)

Cyanotype print (140x200mm) of unknown sitter attributed to Frederick DeBourg Richards. Frederick DeBourg Richards (1822-1903) was a painter of (Qty: 1) ... read more

Eadward Muybridge Animal Locomotion

Lot 25 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science)

Plate No.622 from Animal Locomotion. An Electro-Photographic Investigation of Consecutive Phases of Animal Movements, 1887. Collotype Print on page (Qty: 1) ... read more

Salt Print Cholera

Lot 26 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science)

Salt print mounted on thin card, loose mounted in card mount with window. Print size 160x205mm, sheet size 250x350mm. Print made by Nicolaas Henneman (Qty: 1) ... read more

Japan K.Ogawa

Lot 27 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science)

"Venturing out in the Rain", tinted albumen print,(190x245mm) pasted on album leaf. Image by K.Ogawa which was used in Illustrations of Japanese Life (Qty: 2) ... read more

Hill and Adamson Carbon Prints

Lot 28 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science)

3 carbon prints from David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson calotypes. William Etty (1787-1849) from a calotype negative dated 16th October 1844. (Qty: 3) ... read more

Henri Le Secq. Rheims 1851

Lot 29 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science)

Large albumen print (260x345mm) titled "No 7584 Rheims (Marne)-Cathedral Portall Occidental Statues." Signed, dated and numbered in the negative (Qty: 1) ... read more

Frank Mason Good

Lot 30 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science)

Print showing the Sphinx and Great Pyramid at Giza, signed in the negative,"F M Good". Albumen print (210x160mm) pasted on album leaf and loose (Qty: 2) ... read more

19th Century Portraits

Lot 31 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science)

Group of portraits in various sizes and processes including albumen, carbon and silver. Notably an unusual marriage sheet containing tipped on (Qty: 10) ... read more

Édouard Baldus. Les Remparts D'Avignon

Lot 32 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science)

Albumen print from a wet plate negative (215x150mm) c1856. Title and photographer signature in the negative, base of print. The image shows part of (Qty: 1) ... read more

Miniature Photographic Formats

Lot 33 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science)

Small group comprising of various miniature photographic formats. A sheet (185x117mm), containing 24 photo-button images with plastic protective (Qty: 4) ... read more

Cyanotypes

Lot 34 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science)

A small album containing 19 pasted in cyanotypes (80x80mm), relating to family members on a homestead in the U.S.. Including an interesting image of (Qty: 12) ... read more

Tintypes of Dogs

Lot 35 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science)

3 tintypes showing dogs. 2 are approximately sixth plate, 1 oversized quarter plate. 2 are in large cardboard matte mounts (300x420mm). 1 ambrotype (Qty: 4) ... read more

Tintypes

Lot 36 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science)

A group of 10, mainly large format tintypes, all being portraits. The largest is an overpainted portrait of a man (175x250mm). 6 plates of 160x220mm, (Qty: 10) ... read more

Collection of Large Negative Plates of Scarborough & Malton

Lot 37 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science)

large collection of full plate glass negatives of Scarborough and the surrounding areas by an unknown photographer, many dated between 1890-1906, ... read more

Japan Tinted Albumens

Lot 38 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science)

42 tinted albumen prints mounted in album pages. Image size 210x270mm. Page size 275x400mm. Including street scenes, topographical and portraits by (Qty: 42) ... read more

Travel Albums incl China, Hong Kong and Japan

Lot 39 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science)

Two photograph albums (390x265mm) containing over 50 images each. Album one begins with images of the S.S. Britannia, a peninsular ond Oriental Steam (Qty: 2) ... read more

Large Album Hong Kong, India, Malay

Lot 40 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science)

Large Photograph Album (370x520mm), leather bound with "AC" brass initials on cover. The album contains over 50 large format albumen prints showing (Qty: 1) ... read more

China Including Lai Fong

Lot 41 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science)

10 albumen prints mounted verso and recto on loose album leaves, (215x265mm). 4 by Lai Fong -Making Calculations for Payment, Chow Chow, Hairdressing (Qty: 10) ... read more

Japan Described And Illustrated by the Japanese Mikado Edition VI

Lot 42 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science)

Japan Described and Illustrated by the Japanese, (a large folio book, bound in brocade cloth covers with cord ties), written by Eminent Japanese (Qty: 1) ... read more

Indochina. Priest c1880

Lot 43 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science)

Large albumen print, c.1880, photograph 230mm x 290mm in card mount. Image shows a priest sitting cross-legged in a photographic studio. (Qty: 1)

China. William Saunders Chinese Porters

Lot 44 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science)

Albumen print, 270mm x 210mm mounted on thin card, Chinese porters c1870, with inscription on the back reads that the image is on page 102 of History (Qty: 1) ... read more

Engineering

Lot 45 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science)

Silver gelatin print titled,"Windsor R.D.C. Sunninghill and Sunningdale Main Sewerage", showing a sewerage pumping station c1924-26. Also a large (Qty: 2) ... read more

Early Aviation Photographs

Lot 46 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science)

3 early 20th century glass plate negatives including; 2 halfplate negatives of early planes with one shown outside hangars marked Breguet Airplanes ... read more

Glass Plates Dover and Naval Review 1897

Lot 47 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science)

2 boxes containing 24 quarter plate, glass negatives on dry plates. Box 1 containing 12 plates showing ships attending the Naval Review at Spithead (Qty: 2) ... read more

U.S.A, New York, Shipping, Glass Plate Negatives

Lot 48 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science)

6 boxes containing 90 quarter plate glass negatives on dry plates. Scenes begin on board ship, including Quebec and ending up in New York, North (Qty: 6) ... read more

Storyboard Advertising Samples for Silent Cinemas c1920s

Lot 49 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science)

A rare and unusual group of 1920s advertising sheets for use in silent cinemas. Each sheet, on photographic paper, is made up of 4 or 5 images from (Qty: 74) ... read more

Flipbook Adolf Hitler

Lot 50 (Photographs, Optical Toys & Science)

Small flipbook (35x60mm) entitled,"Der Fuhrer Speicht!", "The Leader Speaks", showing Adolf Hitler speaking into a microphone at a party rally c1933. (Qty: 1) ... read more