J.P., G.V., J.M., WHEELER & SON and others

New Zealand, China and Japan, 1870s-80s

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J.P., G.V., J.M., WHEELER & SON and others
New Zealand, China and Japan, 1870s-80s
Album containing eighty-two albumen prints, eighteen hand-tinted, sizes from 6 x 8 in. to 8½ x 11 in. or the reverse, the majority titled and/or numbered and with photographer's credit in the negatives, variously mounted, diced maroon morocco (worn and front cover partially detached), g.e., lge. 4to.

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Forty-seven New Zealand images comprising mainly views and tree studies around Whakarewarewa, Mt. Cook and Hooker Glacier, Auckland Harbour, Summit of Porters Pass, the Waitaker Bush and elsewhere; a few portraits of natives in traditional dress and six views at the Pink and White Terraces; twenty-three Japanese views and portrait studies including portraits of an actor removing a sword from his stomach, an execution scene and several of geisha; and twelve Chinese views.

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