Lot Essay
Includes an 1883 plan of Kimberely Mine, market scenes, mining and river views, railway bridge, farms, camp, town views and a group portrait of mine workers and management.
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Souvenir from the Diamond Fields, South Africa
Details
J. TRIM (ACTIVE 1870s-80s) AND GRAY BROTHERS (ACTIVE 1870s)
Souvenir from the Diamond Fields, South Africa
Album of 63 albumen prints. Circa 1883. Varying sizes from 6 x 7½in. (15.2 x 19cm.) to 11¼ x 15in. (28.5 x 38.1cm.) or the reverse. 5 credited, one titled and 7 dated in the negative. Half mounted one-per-page, the rest 4-per-page. Blue half leather, gilt, titled in gilt on front cover, g.e.
Album size: 21 x 15½in. (53.3 x 39.3cm.)
Souvenir from the Diamond Fields, South Africa
Album of 63 albumen prints. Circa 1883. Varying sizes from 6 x 7½in. (15.2 x 19cm.) to 11¼ x 15in. (28.5 x 38.1cm.) or the reverse. 5 credited, one titled and 7 dated in the negative. Half mounted one-per-page, the rest 4-per-page. Blue half leather, gilt, titled in gilt on front cover, g.e.
Album size: 21 x 15½in. (53.3 x 39.3cm.)
Special notice
VAT rate of 17.5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer’s premium.