Dominic Winter

684* Miscellaneous photography, mostly late 19th century, a
group of 12 assorted photograph albums including views,
snapshots, etc., mostly British and European interest, various
bindings and sizes, mostly worn, together with a group of early 20thcentury
glass plate negatives, mostly relating to a British family and
mostly contained in 20 medium and small-format Ilford card boxes
and two wooden slide boxes
(2 cartons) £200-300
685 Miscellaneous photography, late 19th and early 20th century,
a group of 20 assorted albums containing views, snapshots, etc.,
mostly British and European interest, various bindings and sizes,
mostly worn
(20) £100-200
686* Miscellaneous photography, 19th century, a large quantity
of assorted albumen print views, etc., including Europe, Middle
East, various sizes, a mixture of old album leaves and unmounted
photos, plus a small group of 20th-century photographs
(a large folder) £100-200
688* Mountaineering. A group of 44 vintage photographs of
Himalayan, Alpine views, etc., by Sir George Bishop, circa 1960s-
1970s, including 26 colour photographs and 18 gelatin silver prints,
mostly 30 x 38cm and similar, 12 on contemporary mounts and 23
mounted, framed and glazed, together with 40 assorted smaller
photographs by and relating to Bishop including some further
mountaineering interest, plus a small case and bag containing
Bishop’s maps, guides and trekking holiday correspondence
Sir George Sidney Bishop (1913-1999), civil servant and businessman. An avid
climber from the age of 8, he began climbing in the Alps with his wife Una in
the 1960s. Moving further afield he went on eighteen Himalayan expeditions,
mainly to Nepal. He became President of the Royal Geographical Society
from 1983 to 1987. A good and keen photographer who took some 12,000
photographs in the Himalayas, most of the larger photographs here being
exhibition prints, a few with annotation to verso or mounts.
(an archive) £150-200
687* Modern photography. A large archive of modern
photography interest, mostly circa 1980s and later, including colour
and black and white professional photographs, slides, contact
sheets, negatives, advertising sheets, the majority of photographs
by unidentified photographers, various sizes, some framed and
glazed for exhibition display
(10 cartons & framed items) £300-500
689 Mountaineering. An album of photographs recording climbing
expeditions in the Alps, 1922-26, seemingly compiled by J.C. and/or
H.J. Gait, mostly mountain and valley views, occasionally with
figures, a total of approximately 180 gelatin silver prints, all but
approximately 20 mounted as multiples to album leaf rectos and
versos, neat ink captions in English to mounts, the majority 8 x 10cm
and four or five to a page, four loose leaves with brief summaries of
earlier expeditions loosely inserted, contemporary boards with cloth
spine tie, a little rubbed, oblong folio
Other names identified in the notes include R.S. Morrish and Boardman. J.C.
Gait is identified in the album once and otherwise by initials.
(1) £150-200
690* Mountbatten (Edwina, Lady). Full-length portrait by
Kinsey(?), vintage gelatin silver print, signed by photographer in
image lower right, 27.5 x 18.5cm, signed in the lower margin ‘With
best wishes Edwina Mountbatten of Burma’, framed and glazed with
provenance and cutting to the desk stand at rear, indicating that this
was presented to Captain J. Telfer Dunbar from Lady Loms, 1947,
and relates to the swearing in of Rear Admiral Lord Mountbatten of
Burma as Governor General and Viceroy of India, together with a
contemporary gelatin silver print of Rajah in his car outside the
Grand Hotel, two Colombo street scenes by Scowen and three
small panoramic photos
(7) £100-150
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