Dominic Winter

628* Darwin (Charles, 1809-1882). Portrait by [Herbert Rose]
Barraud (1845-1896), [1881], albumen print cabinet card photograph,
half-length, in three-quarter profile facing right, 140 x 96mm (5.5 x
3.75ins), printed signature of Charles Darwin and blind stamp of
William Luks [1840-1911, photographic and fine art publisher and
print dealer] to lower mount, Barraud’s printed name and address
details to lower mount and verso
This is one of five known poses by Barraud from 1881, believed to be the last
(official) photographs taken of the great man before his death in 1882.
Provenance for lot 627 and 628: Arthur George Davis (1892-1957),
palaeontologist, naturalist, book collector, by descent through the family.
(1) £300-500
629* Delamotte (Philip Henry, 1821-1889, attrib.). Two albumen
print views of Crystal Palace, Sydenham, circa 1860, the first
showing an exterior view of the centre transept and north tower
from South Wing, the second an interior view of the Nave from the
south, 19.5 x 25cm and the reverse, contemporary card mounts
(2) £200-300
Lot 628
630* Dorset. A group of 12 large-format albumen print views, circa
1880s, all on original mounts, ink captions include Wilham’s Bridge,
Christchurch, Wimborne Minster (two exterior view, one interior and
one view of the Chained Library with duplicate (by Frances Frith)),
the remaining seven of Priory Church, Christchurch, all 24.5 x
29.5cm and similar, mounts a little soiled and chipped at extremities
(12) £150-200
631* Dutreux Family Photo Archive. A small archive of assorted
family photographs and related, late 19th and early 20th century,
mostly portraits and including Belloc Lowndes family, various formats
and sizes, some framed and some contained in an ornate wooden
box with family crest and monogram of Elisabeth Pescatore Dutreux
(a carton) £100-200
Lot 629
632* Edis (Olive, 1876-1955). George Bernard Shaw, c. 1936, half
length, seated at desk with face turned to camera and lit by natural
window light, vintage platinum print, 35.5 x 28 cm, together with
David Lloyd George (1863-1945, prime minister), c. 1910, head and
shoulders portrait, vintage platinum print, 48 x 38cm, flush mounted
on original board, both with photographer’s signature in pencil to
mount lower right, framed and glazed
(2) £200-300
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