Photographs, Autographs & Documents

* Adams (Marcus, 1875-1959). Portrait of King George VI, his wife Elizabeth and their daughters Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret, 1939, carbon pr...

* Adamson (Robert & Hill, David Octavius). Professor James Miller (1812-1864), 1843-47, salted paper print, 197 x 150 mm, pasted onto an old paper...

* American Civil War. A cartes-de-visite photograph album titled The Photographic Album, Philadelphia: Altemus & Co., 1863, containing 43 window-m...

* Annan & Sons, Glasgow. Photographs of Glasgow Harbour and Docks – Clyde Navigation, [1892-1897], a collection of 8 platinum prints, three with ‘...

AR * Beaton (Cecil, 1904-1980). A pair of vintage gelatin silver print portraits of the ballet dancer and choreographer Frederick Ashton, c. 1970...

* British & European Royalty. An album containing 29 window-mounted cabinet cards of British and associated European Royalty, c. 1880s, including ...

* Burma. An album containing 86 matt sepia bromide print photographs of the Shan State Burma, c. 1920, views and scenes including logging and tree...

* Burma. Photographs of the Late Sawbwagyi of Tawngpeng’s Funeral Ceremony, [1926], commemorative photograph album containing 19 gelatin silver pr...

* Burma. Stern of a Burmese paddy-boat, c. 1890, albumen print, English title in the negative lower right, a little corner creasing, 200 x 268 mmQ...

* Carroll (Lewis, 1832-1898). Photographic Memorial Card, 1898, printed memorial card in black letter, ‘I am the Resurrection and the Life. / Char...

* Cartes de Visite. A group of 3 albums, c. 1860-1890, containing over 300 window-mounted cartes de visite and cabinet cards, mostly portraits but...

* Ceylon. A collection of 15 albumen print photographs of Ceylon, c. 1880s, various views and scenes, images mostly 21 x 26 cm and similar sizes, ...

* China. A group of 11 photographs, c. 1880, albumen prints, including a group of gamblers (by Lai Fong), opium smokers and two Chinese ladies in ...

* China. A group of British and American sailors at New Palace Cabaret, Chefoo [Yantai], August 1936, vintage gelatin silver print, pencil caption...

* China. A group of children close together around a boy smoking a water pipe made of beer cans, c. 1930s, sepia-toned vintage gelatin silver prin...

* China. A group of seated Chinese and a photograph of a German ship doctor vaccinating the arm of a Chinese man, Tientsin [Tianjin], c. 1900, vin...

* China. A paddle steamer on the river, Shanghai, c. 1880, oval-vignetted albumen print, mounted on card, 175 x 260 mmQTY: (1) ...[more]

* China. A series of 14 photographs of Communist life during the Chinese civil war, c. 1930-40, vintage gelatin silver prints, many showing people...

* China. A small three-part panorama of Chefoo [now Yantai], c. 1900, gelatin silver prints, laid on card, showing boats on the water looking towa...

* China. An early view of Canton, c. 1865-70, albumen print, place name in the negative lower right, ink name to verso with some slight see-throug...

* China. An old woman in the Forbidden City, Peking, by Eleonore Herzberg, 1998, vintage gelatin silver print on wide-margined photographic paper,...

* China. Artillery belonging to the Ningpo Contingent, by Henry Cammidge, [published in the Far East Magazine, October 1878], albumen print, 20.5 ...

* China. Chinese carpenters [and] Chinese rickshaw, both by William Saunders, c. 1870, albumen prints, 20.5 x 27 cm, card mounts with contemporary...

* China. Chinese execution [and] Chinese convicts in the Kangue, both by William Saunders, c. 1870, albumen prints, 20.5 x 27 cm, card mounts with...

* China. Chinese rickshaw and pack carriers, by William Saunders, c. 1870, albumen print, 27 x 20.5 cm, card mount with contemporary inscription i...

* China. Chinese smoking opium, albumen print, 20.5 x 27 cm, card mount with contemporary inscription in German to verso together with: China. Usu...

* China. Chinese village in the Far North [and] View of a Chinese village, c. 1870, albumen prints, 20.5 x 27 cm and 21 x 28 cm, card mounts with ...

* China. Food market in Shanghai, c. 1870, albumen print, 20.5 x 27 cm, card mount with contemporary inscription in German to versoQTY: (1) ...[m...

* China. Garden on Tsu-Chin Pagoda Hill, 5 miles from Soochow, by Henry Cammidge, c. 1865, albumen print, 21 x 27 cm, card mount with contemporary...

* China. Island in the Yangtze River near Chinkiang, Hankow, by John Thomson, c. 1870, albumen print, 20.5 x 27 cm, card mount with contemporary i...

* China. Itinerant Barbers, by William Saunders c. 1870, albumen print, 20.5 x 27 cm, card mount with contemporary inscription in German to verso ...

* China. North side of Summer Palace, Peking, by Mei Li Studio, c. 1930, large format hand-coloured gelatin silver print, two closed marginal tear...

* China. Portrait of a young boy in traditional dress, by Hang Cheong, c. 1890s, albumen print, full length and seated indoors, image 202 x 140 mm...

* China. Rickshaw Square, Outside the New North Gate, Shanghai (part of the bridge over to the gate is in the foreground), by William Saunders, c....

* China. Shanghai harbour and public gardens, [and] the Bund, Shanghai, c. 1870, albumen prints, 20.5 x 27 cm, card mounts with contemporary inscr...

* China. Chinese palanquin bearers in Shanghai [and] Part of the Great Wall of China, both by William Saunders, c. 1870, albumen prints, 20.5 x 27...

AR * Coster (Howard 1885-1959). T. E. Lawrence (1888-1935), London, 1931, bromoil gelatin silver print, close up full face, on textured thick pap...

* [David Livingstone, 1813-1873]. Group portrait of James Chuma, Abudullah Susi, Agnes Livingstone, William Webb, Oswald Livingstone, Horace Walle...

* Dutch East Indies. A large presentation album containing 68 photographs, early 20th century, gelatin silver prints, scenes including Indonesian ...

* Early Cinema Pioneers. A group of 22 cabinet cards and 54 cartes de visite, mostly by the studios of cinema pioneers, c. 1870s/1890s, all albume...

* Early cricket photograph. A photograph album compiled by George Dunbar Whatman, c. 1860-63, containing over 100 albumen prints, some views of Et...

* Early Photography. A collection of mostly albumen prints, c. 1860s, including two possibly by Roger Fenton, two tree studies and early harbour s...

* Egypt. A group of 46 albumen print views in Egypt, c. 1880s, mostly architecture and ruins, photographers include A. Beato, Bonfils, Zangaki, mo...

* Egypt. An album containing 28 mounted photographs of Egypt, c. 1880s, albumen prints by Zangaki, Lekegian and Fiorillo, showing buildings, scene...

* English Architecture & Topography. A group of over 80 photographs, c. 1870s, albumen prints, covering various English towns and cities, includin...

* Europe & Middle East. An album containing approx. 70 mounted photographs, c. 1880, albumen prints, including views and scenes in Italy (12), Egy...

* Fashion Photographs. A collection of mostly large-format photographs from the archives of Country Life Magazine, 1979, gelatin silver prints, so...

* Glass (Douglas, 1901-1978). Portrait of Brassai, Paris, c. 1960, vintage gelatin silver print, flush-mounted on contemporary card, the name ‘Bra...

* Greece, Turkey & Holy Land, etc. A collection of 56 albumen print views of Greece, Turkey, North Africa, Holy Land, Syria and Lebanon, c. 1880s,...

* Hawaii. An album containing approximately 140 photographs of Hawaii, California, Vancouver and Ceylon, 1926-1927, mounted gelatin silver prints ...

* Hollyer (Frederick, 1837-1933). William Morris (1834-1896), c. 1884, platinum print, bust portrait of Morris with his head resting on his right ...

* Hong Kong. A Chinese sampan with raised sail in the harbour, looking north, c. 1890s, albumen print, pencil inscriptions to verso, 204 x 255 mmQ...

* Hong Kong. A group of 4 photographs of Happy Valley Racecourse, c. 1880s, albumen prints, all with figures and two showing races in progress, 15...

* Hong Kong. A group of 9 hand-tinted views, c. 1890s, albumen prints, various views including the harbour and the Peak, 4 with heavier spotting, ...

* Hong Kong. A group of children getting candy, by K. C. Chew, 1961, vintage gelatin silver print, photographer's wetstamp to verso with the addre...

* Hong Kong. A three-part panorama of Hong Kong looking down over the harbour with numerous boats and vessels, c. 1870s, albumen prints, some fadi...

* Hong Kong. A view of Central, Hong Kong, with a British battleship in the foreground, c. 1902, vintage gelatin silver print, tipped on to paper ...

* Hong Kong. Central Parade Grounds by Afong, c. 1890, albumen print signed by the photographer in capitals lower right, 210 x 267 mm, contemporar...

* Hong Kong. Hong Kong street chair carrying a Chinese gentleman, c. 1890s, hand-tinted albumen print, English title in the negative to lower marg...

* Hong Kong. Lion Dance on Queen's Road, Hong Kong, c. 1880s, albumen print, showing a crowded street viewed from above with signs and decorations...