Lot Essay
The first album includes views and portraits at Kilronan Castle (home of Edward King Tenison), Shugborough, Rockingham, Carrigglas and Gormanston Castle; views in Italy, France, Belgium, Germany and Spain; portraits including Queen Victoria, Emperor Napoleon, Empress Eugnie, the Prince Imperial, King Leopold, several of children and estate workers; six North African portraits; dogs, cats and humorous subjects such as a 'ghost' frightening a man in a wooded landscape and a man holding his own head on a stick.
The second album includes a large study of ladies and gentlemen playing croquet; Lord and Lady Elcho and the Charteris family, Lord Kingston (a cousin of Edward King Tenison), the Ansons and many others. Three of the large portraits are duplicated in the album in the preceding lot. This, the intricate and complex page designs, and the unusual use of cropped photographs to provide abstract elements in the patterns implies that the albums were at least compiled by the same person.
The second album includes a large study of ladies and gentlemen playing croquet; Lord and Lady Elcho and the Charteris family, Lord Kingston (a cousin of Edward King Tenison), the Ansons and many others. Three of the large portraits are duplicated in the album in the preceding lot. This, the intricate and complex page designs, and the unusual use of cropped photographs to provide abstract elements in the patterns implies that the albums were at least compiled by the same person.