Lawrences Auctioneers is holding an auction of photographs as part of its sale of Books, Manuscripts & Photographs online on 7 March 2025. of particular note are prints from Martin Parr, Tessa Traegar, Peter Lavery and the late Brian Griffin. Historical prints include work from Madamae Yevonde, a topographical album and several lots of photographs from Pakistan and Nepal by Lt. Col R.B. Phayre MC, FWIPS.
Alongside these are several lots of journals and books, plus research files, from the late John L Wilson (see obituary here). These include publications (non-photographic) from William Henry Fox Talbot, a run of History of Photography and John's own meticulously researched PhD thesis The Photographically Illustrated Book 1840-1925: The Changing Response of the Line Artist and the Photographer to the Technical Developments in Photography, 2 Volumes, 1984-1987, and his The Literature of Photography 1839-1905 (unpublished).
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Image: lot 4070598. BRIAN GRIFFIN (BRITISH 1948-2024). Part of a a collection of fourteen photographs from the Work Series, 1986-87.
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