Bonhams auction of Books, Manuscripts and Historical Photographs includes several lots of photography interest including Peter Henry Emerson's Pictures of East Anglian Life (1888), estimated at £3000-4000, a presentation copy to the amateur photographer, historian and founder of the photographic record W.J. Harrison; a copy of Fred Judge's Camera Pictures of London at Night (1924), estimated at £600-800;and of special note is a lot of six albums from the Farquhar family. The albums include some 180 carte-de-visites of the 1860s (photographers including Camille Silvy), several portraits of houses associated with the family or that of the Nugents in the 60s, and 2 images of Crystal Palace by P.H. Delamotte. The later albums include a charming record in photography and watercolour of the childhood of two brothers, Harold and Rupert, usually attired in fancy dress (or in very early childhood in dresses).
Books, Manuscripts and Historical Photographs
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