REV. CALVERT R. JONES

'Naples', circa 1846; 'View from the Mound near Piazza Mercatella, Naples', 1846; and 'The Health Office, Naples', 1846

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REV. CALVERT R. JONES
'Naples', circa 1846; 'View from the Mound near Piazza Mercatella, Naples', 1846; and 'The Health Office, Naples', 1846
Three calotypes, 6¼ x 8 in., 5¾ x 8 in. and 6.3/8 x 8.3/8 in., each mounted on card within ink border, titled, priced 3/- or 3/6, one numbered 129 in ink and each with circular blue ink stamp Patent Talbotype or Sun Pictures on verso. (3)

Provenance

Clarkson Stanfield, thence by descent.

Literature

Kraus, Sun Pictures Catalogue Four, front cover and pl. 20; Kraus, Sun Pictures Catalogue Five, pl. nos. 44 and 47.

Lot Essay

Calvert Jones and his wife, Anne, accompanied Christopher 'Kit' Talbot (Henry Talbot's young cousin) and his wife, Charlotte on a grand tour of the Mediterranean, beginning in November 1845. They arrived in Naples in April, 1846 and left there for Rome where they arrived in early May.

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