Apr 15, 2002 - Sale 1931

Sale 1931 - Lot 50

Price Realized: $ 7,475
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 6,000 - $ 9,000
(JAMAICA; MEXICO; CUBA)<> fredricks, charles<>

Outstanding album containing 75 photographs, comprising 11 prints of Cuba by Fredricks, along with picturesque views of Mexico (21), Jamaica (32), and Venezuela (11, including a bird-s-eye view of Caracas). Albumen prints, 3 1/2x4 1/2 inches to 6 3/4x10 inches (most are medium-format in size), with a handwritten caption on mount recto. Oblong 4to, 1/4 morocco, edgewear; dampstaining on preliminaries, prints are crisp and clean. 1860s
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This album is remarkable for the richness of majority of its prints, which feature light-drenched street scenes, lush landscapes, colorful portraits, along with finely rendered Mexican archeological artifacts. The photographs are captioned in a calligraphic hand and meticulously arranged on the page.<