Lot 160
[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. DAVANNE, Louis-Alphonse (1824-1912), photographer. Views of Algeria.
Sale 1136 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography
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Mar 27, 2023
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Apr 4, 2023
Timed Online / Cincinnati
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Lot Description
[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. DAVANNE, Louis-Alphonse (1824-1912), photographer. Views of Algeria.
Album containing 27 photographs of Algeria. Oblong quarto album (9 x 13 in.) 230 x 330 mm. 27 albumen photographs, majority approx. 4 3/4 x 8 3/4 in., mounted recto on 8 1/2 x 12 1/4 in. album pages (toning to prints, occasional toning and soiling to mounts). Original textured green cloth boards (partial spine separation, scuffing to boards and extremities).
Each photograph includes Davanne's blindstamp in lower margin of album page, as well as a penciled caption in French.
Captions include:
Quai at Algiers - facing "Place du Gouvernement." -- Quai at Algiers. -- Part of Quai at Algiers - with Railroad Depot. -- Quai at Algiers. -- Boulevard de la Republique, Algiers - Hotel d'Orient, & Mosque Djama Djedid. -- New Mosque Djama Djedid and Bronze Equestrian Statue of Duke of Orleans. -- Place du Gouvernement, Hotel de la Reyenne(?), & Mosque Djama Djedid. -- Rue de la Marine. -- Cathedral of St. Philippe, Place Malakoff. -- 2 Floor, Library & Museum, Ancient Palace of Mustapha Pacha. -- Salon of Palace of the Governor-General, Place Malakoff, next to Chathedral. -- Ground floor of Library & Museum. -- 2 Floor, Library & Museum. -- Arab Cemetery. -- Rue de la Kasbah, Old City. -- Djama-Abd-er-Rahman. Mosque and Kaaba combined. -- Rue Jardin Marenge. -- Minaret and part of Kasba - or citadel. -- Jardin Marenge. -- Porte de la Notre Dame d'Afrique. -- Notre Dame d'Afrique. -- Route to Bon-Zarea(?) (2). -- Palace of the Governor-General, at Mustapha Luperieur (?). -- Jardin d'Essai. -- Gorge of the Chiffa, near Blidah. -- Inn Ruisseau des Singes - near Blidah.
[With:] 11 x 14 3/4 in. album, 22 pages with 67 photographs of the United Kingdom, Europe and Africa, measuring approx. 11 1/2 x 8 1/2 in. and smaller, many titled in the negative and some with manuscipt identifications. Album contains several personal photographs of mostly unidentified individuals, but is predominantly comprised of scenic views from locations such as Scotland, Wales, Italy, and Africa.
This lot is located in Cincinnati.
Property of a New York Lady
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