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Lot 135
SAMUEL WHITE SWEET (1825 - 1886)
ASN0005
Auction Type: live
Views of India, Australia, Egypt & Italy
An Album containing 141 photographs mounted and titled on 51 gilt – edged card album leaves (recto and verso) of street scenes, landscapes, architectural and temple studies, monuments, views and people of Australia (12), Ceylon (3), India (82), Aden (3), Egypt (17) and Italy (24), several signed and numbered in the negative with photographer’s credit, including ‘Sweet’, ‘Bourne & Shepherd’, ‘W.L.Ca….’, ‘SH’, ‘Bourne’, ‘P.Sebah’ and ‘H.Arnoux’, albumen prints, varying sizes, many large size 20.9 x 29.2 cm (8.3 x 11.5 in), also 20.5 x 15.2 cm (8 x 6 in) and 17.2 x 12.0 cm (6.8 x 4.8 in), in oblong album, contemporary black board covers, c.1870/75
Album cover – 32.2 x 25.5 cm (12.6 x 10.0 in)
Album leaves – 30.7 x 22.4 cm (12.1 x 8.9 in)
For detailed contents of the album - see literature below.
An Album containing 141 photographs mounted and titled on 51 gilt – edged card album leaves (recto and verso) of street scenes, landscapes, architectural and temple studies, monuments, views and people of Australia (12), Ceylon (3), India (82), Aden (3), Egypt (17) and Italy (24), several signed and numbered in the negative with photographer’s credit, including ‘Sweet’, ‘Bourne & Shepherd’, ‘W.L.Ca….’, ‘SH’, ‘Bourne’, ‘P.Sebah’ and ‘H.Arnoux’, albumen prints, varying sizes, many large size 20.9 x 29.2 cm (8.3 x 11.5 in), also 20.5 x 15.2 cm (8 x 6 in) and 17.2 x 12.0 cm (6.8 x 4.8 in), in oblong album, contemporary black board covers, c.1870/75
Album cover – 32.2 x 25.5 cm (12.6 x 10.0 in)
Album leaves – 30.7 x 22.4 cm (12.1 x 8.9 in)
For detailed contents of the album - see literature below.
Estimate: ₹2,00,000 – ₹3,00,000
Details
Samuel White Sweet (1825 -1886): English born professional photographer and master mariner. Settled in Australia in 1863, initially in Brisbane (1863 - 1866), then Sydney (1866), then Adelaide (1866 - 86).
Samuel Bourne (1834 - 1912) and Charles Shepherd (fl.1858 - 1885) operated the most prestigious photographic studio in the Indian subcontinent: Charles Shepherd was an English photographer and printer who worked in India in the mid to late 19th century. In 1862 Shepherd and Arthur Robinson established a photographic studio called Shepherd & Robertson in Agra. The firm moved to Simla in 1864, at which point Samuel Bourne joined the business to work as principal photographer. At about this time the firm changed its name to Howard, Shepherd & Bourne, under which name it operated until 1870. Bourne and Shepherd formed a partnership under their own names in about 1868 and opened a second branch in Calcutta. Bourne returned to England in 1870 and was replaced as head photographer by Colin Murray. Shepherd, who had primarily worked as the printer for his firms, finally left Bourne & Shepherd in 1885.
Pascal Sebah (1823 - 1886): of Syrian origins, Pascal Sebah was a leading photographer in Constantinople, where he opened a studio in 1857. Sebah rose to prominence because of his well organised compositions, careful lighting, great attention to detail, and for the excellent print quality produced by his French technician A.Laroche. In 1873 Sebah was awarded a gold medal by the Viennese organizers of an Ottoman exhibition in Vienna, and that same year he opened a branch in Cairo. He died in 1886.
Hippolyte Arnoux (fl.1860s/70s) was a commercial photographer of French origin working in Egypt in the 1860s and 1870s. He was based in Port Said, and was therefore well placed to document the building of the Suez Canal. He also produced views of the ancient monuments of Egypt as well as the important buildings of Cairo.
Adelaide Hindley Street 9.5 x 13.7 cm
Adelaide Town Hall 9.6 x 13.8 cm
Adelaide Rundle Street 9.7 x 14.1 cm
Adelaide Government House and North Adelaide (signed Sweet Adelaide 31)
16.5 x 21.6 cm
Adelaide Victoria Square 16.5 x 22.2 cm
Adelaide Mitcham (signed Sweet Adelaide 585) 16 x 21.3 cm
Adelaide Victoria Bridge & Lake Torrens (signed Sweet Adelaide 335) 16.3 x 21.2 cm
Adelaide Pennington Terrace, North Adelaide (signed Sweet Adelaide 376) 15.7 x 22 cm
Adelaide Glenelg (signed Sweet Adelaide 246) 15.5 x 21.7 cm
Western Australia King George's Sound 10 x 46.6 cm (composite panorama of three prints)
Western Australia King George's Sound 10.1 x 22.3 cm
Western Australia King George's Sound 10.1 x 15 cm
Galle Harbour 19 x 45 cm (composite panorama of two prints)
Galle Town 19.2 x 23.2 cm
Galle Bopey Bridge 19 x 23.7 cm
Bombay Borah Bazaar Street 18.7 x 30 cm
Bombay From Mazagon Hill 20.5 x 27.2 cm
Bombay The Fort 21.1 x 26.3 cm
Bombay The Fort 20.5 x 27.6 cm
Bombay Elphinstone College, Byculla (signed Bourne & Shepherd) 21 x 28.3 cm
Bombay Public Works Office 15.7 x 20.9 cm
Bombay Native Town, Malabar Hill 21 x 29 cm
Bombay Queen's Statue & Telegraph Office 15.8 x 20.9 cm
Bombay University Hall 15.5 x 20.5 cm
Bombay Crawford Market 15.2 x 20.9 cm
Bombay Watson's Hotel 21.2 x 28.2 cm
Bombay From Mazagon 15.6 x 20.8 cm
Bombay Natives 15.4 x 20.3 cm
Bombay Nautch Girl 13.4 x 10 cm
Bombay Hackery 16 x 20.9 cm
Bombay Natives (7 prints) 9.1 x 5.9 cm each
Bombay Native 8.9 x 5.9 cm
Bombay Elephanta Caves 15.8 x 21.2 cm
Bombay Natives (2 prints) 5.9 x 9.2 cm each
Bombay Elephanta Caves, Linga Chapel 15.4 x 20.9 cm
Bombay Elephanta Caves 15.7 x 21 cm
Bombay Zig Zags 21.5 x 28.3 cm
Agra Jumma Masjid 14 x 22 cm
Agra Gateway of the Taj 10.1 x 13.9 cm
Agra The Taj from the river side 15 x 20.3 cm
Agra The Taj from the gateway (signed W.L.Ca.) 21 x 27.6 cm
Agra The Taj from the gateway 13.2 x 10.1 cm
Agra The Taj 10 x 12.8 cm
Agra The Taj from the river 15 x 20.5 cm
Agra Palace of Akbar 10.1 x 13.9 cm
Agra Palace of Akbar 19.1 x 13.8 cm
Agra Sarcophagus of Akbar 15 x 21 cm
Agra Sarcophagus of Akbar 13.7 x 21.1 cm
Agra Secundra Gate 13.8 x 21.2 cm
Agra Secundra Bagh 13.5 x 22.1 cm
Agra Dewan i Khas 14 x 22.2 cm
Agra Motee Musjid (Pearl Mosque) 16 x 20.8 cm
Delhi Motee Musjid (Pearl Mosque) 11.6 x 16.8 cm
Delhi From top of Jumma Musjid 10 x 13.9 cm
Delhi The Fort 13.2 x 18.9 cm
Delhi Tomb of Hoomayoon 12 x 19.2 cm
Delhi Bailey Guard Gate 10.1 x 13.9 cm
Delhi Lahore Gate 9.9 x 13.7 cm
Delhi Inside Gate (signed/numbered SH or HS 236) 10.1 x 13.9 cm
Delhi Jumma Musjid 12.2 x 18.5 cm
Delhi Jumma Musjid (numbered 265) 8.1 x 8.2 cm
Delhi King's Palace 10.1 x 13.9 cm
Delhi King's Palace, Hall of Audience 10.1 x 13.9 cm
Delhi King's Palace, Interior 20.2 x 27.6 cm
Delhi Aluddeen Gateway 15.8 x 20.7 cm
Delhi Chandni Chowk 16.1 x 20.8 cm
Delhi The Memorial 15.8 x 20.9 cm
Delhi The Queen's Garden (signed/numbered SH or HS 333) 10.1 x 13.7 cm
Delhi St.James Church (numbered 304) 10 x 13.8 cm
Delhi Railway Station (signed/numbered SH or HS 305) 10 x 14 cm
Delhi Kootab Minar and Ruins 16 x 20.9 cm
Delhi Kootab Minar 18.5 x 13.1 cm
Delhi Iron Pillar near Kootab Minar 13.1 x 18.7 cm
Delhi Old Delhi, Black Mosque 12.9 x 18.5 cm
Delhi Old Delhi, Sufter Jung's Tomb (numbered 115) 15.1 x 20.4 cm
Missouri Missouri (signed/numbered Bourne 1577) 19 x 29.2 cm
Landour Landour (numbered ..nc.1584) 19 x 28.9 cm
Cawnpore Suttee Chowra Ghat (Slaughter Ghat) 15.1 x 20.5 cm
Cawnpore Memorial Well 10 x 14 cm
Cawnpore Memorial Well 16.1 x 20.8 cm
Cawnpore Marochetti's Statue 10 x 12.9 cm
Cawnpore Marochetti's Statue 21 x 16.1 cm
Cawnpore Marochetti's Statue (signed W.L.Ca Photo) 27.5 x 21.6 cm
Lucknow Birds eye view 21.1 x 27.6 cm
Lucknow Birds eye view 15 x 20.4 cm
Lucknow The Residency 13.8 x 21 cm
Lucknow The Residency (Sir H.Lawrence's Tomb) 9.5 x 14 cm
Lucknow The Hoosimabad 10 x 13.9 cm
Lucknow The Emambara 12.8 x 9.9 cm
Lucknow The Hoosimabad (Gateway) 12.3 x 10.1 cm
Aden Aden 16.4 x 22.7 cm
Aden Aden 18.1 x 23.9 cm
Aden Aden 17.3 x 23.2 cm
Suez Town 18.8 x 24.6 cm
Suez Moses Well (numbered 3) 20.7 x 28.2 cm
Suez Plan of Canal (photograph G.Sarolidi N.Comianos, Port Said) 20 x 26 cm
Cairo Cairo 17.7 x 24.5 cm
Cairo Cairo (numbered No.5.I.) 20.4 x 26 cm
Cairo Citadel Mosque 16.8 x 23 cm
Cairo Pyramid of Cheops and Temple of the Sphynx (signed P.Sebah, Phot., No.47) 20.4 x 26 cm
Cairo The Sphynx (signed P.Sebah, Phot., No.46) 20.3 x 25.9 cm
Cairo Obelisk of Heliopolis (signed P.Sebah Phot., No.39). Note: taken before 1874! 25.5 x 20.4 cm
Alexandria Alexandria 16 x 20.1 cm
Alexandria Interior of Palace 20 x 26.6 cm
Alexandria Pompey's Pillar 24.8 x 18.2 cm
Alexandria Cleopatra's Needle 22.6 x 16.6 cm
Alexandria Pyramids 21.2 x 29.5 cm
Alexandria Cleopatra's Needle (numbered 3.Alexandrie.O.) 22.4 x 27.5 cm
Alexandria Camels (signed H.Arnoux Port Said) 21.4 x 27.3 cm
Alexandria Donkeys 19.9 x 24 cm
Ancona Ancona 19 x 25 cm
Ancona Ancona (numbered 3953 Ancona.Il Porto)18.8 x 23.8 cm
Venice Grand Canal 18.5 x 24.7 cm
Venice Square of St.Marks 19.9 x 25.4 cm
Venice Doge's Palace (Interior)19.8 x 24.7 cm
Venice The Rialto 20 x 25.4 cm
Venice Bridge of Sighs 25.4 x 19.9 cm
Venice Doge's Palace (Exterior) 12.5 x 17.8 cm
Venice Square of St.Marks 12.5 x 17.8 cm
Venice Doge's Palace (Exterior) 11.9 x 17 cm
Venice Dogana S.Maria 11.9 x 17.2 cm
Venice Grand Canal 11.9 x 17.1 cm
Venice Venice 11.9 x 17.3 cm
Venice Venice 12 x 17.1 cm
Venice Square of St.Marks 12.5 x 16.6 cm
Venice Grand Canal 11.9 x 17 cm
Venice Doge's Palace (Interior) 12.4 x 17.3 cm
Venice The Rialto 12 x 17.2 cm
Venice The Bridge of Sighs 18.2 x 12.7 cm
Milan Milan (numbered/titled 3816.Milano.Panorama) 19.1 x 24.9 cm
Milan - Milan (numbered/titled 3831.Milano.Arco del Sempione) 25 x 18.9 cm
Milan - Milan Cathedral (numbered 3823.Milano) 25 x 18.6 cm
Milan - Milan Cathedral (numbered/titled 3818.Milano.La Cattedrale del PalazzoReale) 18.9 x 24.4 cm
Milan - Milan Cathedral (numbered 3827.Milano) 25 x 18.7 cm
Samuel Bourne (1834 - 1912) and Charles Shepherd (fl.1858 - 1885) operated the most prestigious photographic studio in the Indian subcontinent: Charles Shepherd was an English photographer and printer who worked in India in the mid to late 19th century. In 1862 Shepherd and Arthur Robinson established a photographic studio called Shepherd & Robertson in Agra. The firm moved to Simla in 1864, at which point Samuel Bourne joined the business to work as principal photographer. At about this time the firm changed its name to Howard, Shepherd & Bourne, under which name it operated until 1870. Bourne and Shepherd formed a partnership under their own names in about 1868 and opened a second branch in Calcutta. Bourne returned to England in 1870 and was replaced as head photographer by Colin Murray. Shepherd, who had primarily worked as the printer for his firms, finally left Bourne & Shepherd in 1885.
Pascal Sebah (1823 - 1886): of Syrian origins, Pascal Sebah was a leading photographer in Constantinople, where he opened a studio in 1857. Sebah rose to prominence because of his well organised compositions, careful lighting, great attention to detail, and for the excellent print quality produced by his French technician A.Laroche. In 1873 Sebah was awarded a gold medal by the Viennese organizers of an Ottoman exhibition in Vienna, and that same year he opened a branch in Cairo. He died in 1886.
Hippolyte Arnoux (fl.1860s/70s) was a commercial photographer of French origin working in Egypt in the 1860s and 1870s. He was based in Port Said, and was therefore well placed to document the building of the Suez Canal. He also produced views of the ancient monuments of Egypt as well as the important buildings of Cairo.
Adelaide Hindley Street 9.5 x 13.7 cm
Adelaide Town Hall 9.6 x 13.8 cm
Adelaide Rundle Street 9.7 x 14.1 cm
Adelaide Government House and North Adelaide (signed Sweet Adelaide 31)
16.5 x 21.6 cm
Adelaide Victoria Square 16.5 x 22.2 cm
Adelaide Mitcham (signed Sweet Adelaide 585) 16 x 21.3 cm
Adelaide Victoria Bridge & Lake Torrens (signed Sweet Adelaide 335) 16.3 x 21.2 cm
Adelaide Pennington Terrace, North Adelaide (signed Sweet Adelaide 376) 15.7 x 22 cm
Adelaide Glenelg (signed Sweet Adelaide 246) 15.5 x 21.7 cm
Western Australia King George's Sound 10 x 46.6 cm (composite panorama of three prints)
Western Australia King George's Sound 10.1 x 22.3 cm
Western Australia King George's Sound 10.1 x 15 cm
Galle Harbour 19 x 45 cm (composite panorama of two prints)
Galle Town 19.2 x 23.2 cm
Galle Bopey Bridge 19 x 23.7 cm
Bombay Borah Bazaar Street 18.7 x 30 cm
Bombay From Mazagon Hill 20.5 x 27.2 cm
Bombay The Fort 21.1 x 26.3 cm
Bombay The Fort 20.5 x 27.6 cm
Bombay Elphinstone College, Byculla (signed Bourne & Shepherd) 21 x 28.3 cm
Bombay Public Works Office 15.7 x 20.9 cm
Bombay Native Town, Malabar Hill 21 x 29 cm
Bombay Queen's Statue & Telegraph Office 15.8 x 20.9 cm
Bombay University Hall 15.5 x 20.5 cm
Bombay Crawford Market 15.2 x 20.9 cm
Bombay Watson's Hotel 21.2 x 28.2 cm
Bombay From Mazagon 15.6 x 20.8 cm
Bombay Natives 15.4 x 20.3 cm
Bombay Nautch Girl 13.4 x 10 cm
Bombay Hackery 16 x 20.9 cm
Bombay Natives (7 prints) 9.1 x 5.9 cm each
Bombay Native 8.9 x 5.9 cm
Bombay Elephanta Caves 15.8 x 21.2 cm
Bombay Natives (2 prints) 5.9 x 9.2 cm each
Bombay Elephanta Caves, Linga Chapel 15.4 x 20.9 cm
Bombay Elephanta Caves 15.7 x 21 cm
Bombay Zig Zags 21.5 x 28.3 cm
Agra Jumma Masjid 14 x 22 cm
Agra Gateway of the Taj 10.1 x 13.9 cm
Agra The Taj from the river side 15 x 20.3 cm
Agra The Taj from the gateway (signed W.L.Ca.) 21 x 27.6 cm
Agra The Taj from the gateway 13.2 x 10.1 cm
Agra The Taj 10 x 12.8 cm
Agra The Taj from the river 15 x 20.5 cm
Agra Palace of Akbar 10.1 x 13.9 cm
Agra Palace of Akbar 19.1 x 13.8 cm
Agra Sarcophagus of Akbar 15 x 21 cm
Agra Sarcophagus of Akbar 13.7 x 21.1 cm
Agra Secundra Gate 13.8 x 21.2 cm
Agra Secundra Bagh 13.5 x 22.1 cm
Agra Dewan i Khas 14 x 22.2 cm
Agra Motee Musjid (Pearl Mosque) 16 x 20.8 cm
Delhi Motee Musjid (Pearl Mosque) 11.6 x 16.8 cm
Delhi From top of Jumma Musjid 10 x 13.9 cm
Delhi The Fort 13.2 x 18.9 cm
Delhi Tomb of Hoomayoon 12 x 19.2 cm
Delhi Bailey Guard Gate 10.1 x 13.9 cm
Delhi Lahore Gate 9.9 x 13.7 cm
Delhi Inside Gate (signed/numbered SH or HS 236) 10.1 x 13.9 cm
Delhi Jumma Musjid 12.2 x 18.5 cm
Delhi Jumma Musjid (numbered 265) 8.1 x 8.2 cm
Delhi King's Palace 10.1 x 13.9 cm
Delhi King's Palace, Hall of Audience 10.1 x 13.9 cm
Delhi King's Palace, Interior 20.2 x 27.6 cm
Delhi Aluddeen Gateway 15.8 x 20.7 cm
Delhi Chandni Chowk 16.1 x 20.8 cm
Delhi The Memorial 15.8 x 20.9 cm
Delhi The Queen's Garden (signed/numbered SH or HS 333) 10.1 x 13.7 cm
Delhi St.James Church (numbered 304) 10 x 13.8 cm
Delhi Railway Station (signed/numbered SH or HS 305) 10 x 14 cm
Delhi Kootab Minar and Ruins 16 x 20.9 cm
Delhi Kootab Minar 18.5 x 13.1 cm
Delhi Iron Pillar near Kootab Minar 13.1 x 18.7 cm
Delhi Old Delhi, Black Mosque 12.9 x 18.5 cm
Delhi Old Delhi, Sufter Jung's Tomb (numbered 115) 15.1 x 20.4 cm
Missouri Missouri (signed/numbered Bourne 1577) 19 x 29.2 cm
Landour Landour (numbered ..nc.1584) 19 x 28.9 cm
Cawnpore Suttee Chowra Ghat (Slaughter Ghat) 15.1 x 20.5 cm
Cawnpore Memorial Well 10 x 14 cm
Cawnpore Memorial Well 16.1 x 20.8 cm
Cawnpore Marochetti's Statue 10 x 12.9 cm
Cawnpore Marochetti's Statue 21 x 16.1 cm
Cawnpore Marochetti's Statue (signed W.L.Ca Photo) 27.5 x 21.6 cm
Lucknow Birds eye view 21.1 x 27.6 cm
Lucknow Birds eye view 15 x 20.4 cm
Lucknow The Residency 13.8 x 21 cm
Lucknow The Residency (Sir H.Lawrence's Tomb) 9.5 x 14 cm
Lucknow The Hoosimabad 10 x 13.9 cm
Lucknow The Emambara 12.8 x 9.9 cm
Lucknow The Hoosimabad (Gateway) 12.3 x 10.1 cm
Aden Aden 16.4 x 22.7 cm
Aden Aden 18.1 x 23.9 cm
Aden Aden 17.3 x 23.2 cm
Suez Town 18.8 x 24.6 cm
Suez Moses Well (numbered 3) 20.7 x 28.2 cm
Suez Plan of Canal (photograph G.Sarolidi N.Comianos, Port Said) 20 x 26 cm
Cairo Cairo 17.7 x 24.5 cm
Cairo Cairo (numbered No.5.I.) 20.4 x 26 cm
Cairo Citadel Mosque 16.8 x 23 cm
Cairo Pyramid of Cheops and Temple of the Sphynx (signed P.Sebah, Phot., No.47) 20.4 x 26 cm
Cairo The Sphynx (signed P.Sebah, Phot., No.46) 20.3 x 25.9 cm
Cairo Obelisk of Heliopolis (signed P.Sebah Phot., No.39). Note: taken before 1874! 25.5 x 20.4 cm
Alexandria Alexandria 16 x 20.1 cm
Alexandria Interior of Palace 20 x 26.6 cm
Alexandria Pompey's Pillar 24.8 x 18.2 cm
Alexandria Cleopatra's Needle 22.6 x 16.6 cm
Alexandria Pyramids 21.2 x 29.5 cm
Alexandria Cleopatra's Needle (numbered 3.Alexandrie.O.) 22.4 x 27.5 cm
Alexandria Camels (signed H.Arnoux Port Said) 21.4 x 27.3 cm
Alexandria Donkeys 19.9 x 24 cm
Ancona Ancona 19 x 25 cm
Ancona Ancona (numbered 3953 Ancona.Il Porto)18.8 x 23.8 cm
Venice Grand Canal 18.5 x 24.7 cm
Venice Square of St.Marks 19.9 x 25.4 cm
Venice Doge's Palace (Interior)19.8 x 24.7 cm
Venice The Rialto 20 x 25.4 cm
Venice Bridge of Sighs 25.4 x 19.9 cm
Venice Doge's Palace (Exterior) 12.5 x 17.8 cm
Venice Square of St.Marks 12.5 x 17.8 cm
Venice Doge's Palace (Exterior) 11.9 x 17 cm
Venice Dogana S.Maria 11.9 x 17.2 cm
Venice Grand Canal 11.9 x 17.1 cm
Venice Venice 11.9 x 17.3 cm
Venice Venice 12 x 17.1 cm
Venice Square of St.Marks 12.5 x 16.6 cm
Venice Grand Canal 11.9 x 17 cm
Venice Doge's Palace (Interior) 12.4 x 17.3 cm
Venice The Rialto 12 x 17.2 cm
Venice The Bridge of Sighs 18.2 x 12.7 cm
Milan Milan (numbered/titled 3816.Milano.Panorama) 19.1 x 24.9 cm
Milan - Milan (numbered/titled 3831.Milano.Arco del Sempione) 25 x 18.9 cm
Milan - Milan Cathedral (numbered 3823.Milano) 25 x 18.6 cm
Milan - Milan Cathedral (numbered/titled 3818.Milano.La Cattedrale del PalazzoReale) 18.9 x 24.4 cm
Milan - Milan Cathedral (numbered 3827.Milano) 25 x 18.7 cm
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