Sale 2506 - Classic & Contemporary Photographs, April 18, 2019

245 c   (INDIA—INDUSTRY) Album containing 40 photographs of industrial India, with a focus on the engineering and construction of several important bridges. With views of the Sutlej Bridge in Ferozepore, Jumna Bridge in Kalip, and the Ganges Bridge in Benares, plus assorted picturesque views of the Taj Mahal, temples, and architectural landmarks. Also with a study of a courtesan with a hookah. Albumen (38) and platinum (2) prints, the images measuring 7 3 / 4 x9 1 / 2 inches (19.7x24.1 cm.), a few with handwritten captions on mount recto. Oblong small folio, patterned morocco, edgewear, lacks backstrip. 1880s [800/1,200] The album belonged to John Montgomery Sleater (1826-1902), a British engineer associated with the Central India Railway system. 246 c   (EGYPT) A group of more than 95 photographs of picturesque views of Egypt and archaeological sites, including 60 from an unidentified professional expedition and 30 other views, several of which were reproduced in Baedeker’s Travel Guide. Includes a pith-helmeted figure posing alongside colossal statues, tomb interiors with elaborate hieroglyphics, native translators, exterior views of the Sphinx and other antiquities, and more. Platinum (65) and sepia-toned silver prints (32), the platinum images measuring 5 1 / 4 x3 3 / 4 inches (13.3x8.3 cm.), and the reverse, the mounts 10 1 / 2 x8 1 / 4 inches (26.7x21 cm.), several with hand­ written captions on mount recto; the unmounted silver prints measuring 4 3 / 4 x6 1 / 2 inches (12x16.5 cm.), many with a caption and 13 with the credit of G. Saif in the negative. Circa 1910 [1,400/1,800] 245 246