WILLIAM ELLIS

Portraits, circa 1856

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WILLIAM ELLIS
Portraits, circa 1856
One salt print, untrimmed, 9½ x 8¼ in., one albumen print, untrimmed, 9¾ x 7½ in., the remainder albumen prints, 8 x 6½ in. to 9 x 7 in. top corners trimmed, mounted on card. (7)

Provenance

Acquired by the present owner from descendants of William Ellis.

Literature

Ellis, Three Visits to Madagascar, pp. 129, 417; Peers, The Working of Miracles, no. 4

Lot Essay

A Betsimisaraka woman in striped blouse at Tamatave (salt print); Andriansoa, a Merino officer; a Hova officer and Hova farmer; Ratsilainga, a Christian pastor; Ratsimavandy, a martyr who was stoned to death at Fiadana; and an unidentified man wearing a lamba.

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