Lot #622 - An album of albumen paper prints
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Auction House:Mossgreen
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Sale Name:The Denis Joachim Collection
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Sale Date:19 Jun 2016 ~ 2pm - Session 1: Lots 1 - 321
20 Jun 2016 ~ 10am - Session 2: Lots 322 - 480
20 Jun 2016 ~ 2pm - Session 3: Lot 481 - 688
20 Jun 2016 ~ 6pm - Session 4: Lots 689 - 818 -
Lot #:622
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Lot Description:An album of albumen paper prints
each titled below the image. Collected on a World Tour in 1895; various photographers. Begins with RMS Orizaba, followed by images of Plymouth, Gibraltar, Naples, Pompeii, Port Said, the Suez Canal, Colombo, a two-section panoramic view of Albany W.A., Sydney, the Jenolan Caves, Blue Mountains, Melbourne, Adelaide, Oran, Algiers, Tunis, Sardinia, Pisa, Turin, etc. (84 photos;1 loose)
various sizes, largest being 21 x 27.5 cm, smallest being 21 x 15 cm. -
Notes:RMS Orizaba was a mail steamer wrecked off Rockingham, Western Australia on 16 February 1905. On her approach to Fremantle, a smog of bushfire smoke was obscuring the coast and the captain lost his bearings. The ship went aground in 20’ of water on Five Fathom Bank, west of Garden Island
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Estimate:A$4,000 - 8,000
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Realised Price:
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Category:Books & Manuscripts
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