Bonhams auction of Fine Books and Manuscripts on 9 November 2022 includes several lots of photographs. Three in particular stand out. Lot 32 is a portrait photograph of Alfred, Lord Tennyson, by Julia Margaret Cameron, given by Cameron to Mrs Tennyson in 1869. The print is estimated at £1500-2000.
The second is lot 33 an album compiled by Lady Emily Ponsonby, née Bathurst (1798-1877), containing a collection of some 45 early photographs, the majority taken by her son Lt. Col. Arthur Edward Valette Ponsonby (1827-1868). Amongst several related items of ephemera are a Henry Ponsonby pen and ink sketch of Mrs Verschoyle taking a photograph in Eaton Square, July 19 1855, and a printed flyer for 'Photographic Sketches of People & Places in Corfu by Arthur Ponsonby', printed by Silver, Hypo & Son., Printers, 1859. Estimate £4000-6000.
Lot 336 is a group of nine vintage photogravures by George Davison, including views of Harlech, 'The Onion Field', and southern France, seven are signed by the photographer, c.1890-1927. Estimate £1500-2500.
Details of all lots are here: https://www.bonhams.com/auction/27375/fine-books-and-manuscripts/
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