Lot n° 123
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CHINA - CEYLAN - MAURITIUS - JAPAN - HIPPOLYTE ARNOUX (act.1 - Lot 123
CHINA - CEYLAN - MAURITIUS - JAPAN - HIPPOLYTE ARNOUX (act.1860-1890) - CHARLES SCOWEN 1852-1948 - LAI AFONG 1839-1890 - A.S. WATSON & CO - HENRY FRANCIS CAMMIDGE 1825-1899 "Indies and China", ca.1875.
Album by a French sailor featuring views of Japan, Suez, Yemen, Ceylon, Manila and China.
Suez: Port-Saïd, El-Kantara, sailing ships; Yemen: Aden; Ceylon: Pointe de Galle, Vacuela, Djudjura, outrigger canoe, Colombo, Hindu temple, railroad, plantation; Singapore; Manila: suburb, man and his cart in front of a house, Santo Tomas church, panorama of Hong Kong; China: Amoy, Shanghai, English and French concessions, tea house, Buddhist pagoda, Silver Island, Confucius temple in Nanjing, Hankow, Ichang, costume ball at Shanghai Comptoir d'Escompte, Chinese scholar, Chinese woman's feet, family, Chinese woman in grand costume, Malabar woman, Philippine warriors, surprise from behind for beheading, portraits of Creoles from Manila, Chinese soldier, Mohammedan from Ceylon. Photographs. Album with 63 albumen prints captioned in ink under the images, those by Cammidge signed in the negative, one signed "Revertegat fecit" in pencil under the image and 1 watercolor signed G.Billard and dated 1888. Images: 6.8 x 4.8 cm to 20.2 x 26.8 cm; album: 36.8 x 52.5 cm The album includes a few personal views and studio photographs, mainly of China and Ceylon.
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