Dwarf Bean Masterpiece, c. 1895-1910

This and Lots 10, 231, 340-341 were discovered in a suitcase, along with hundreds of other like images of vegetables, fruits and flowers, in a London antiques market in 1981. While most of the prints bore the initials CJ and a few the name Charles Jones on the verso, that name was unknown to the photographic community at the time of the discovery. Charles Jones, a gardener by profession, took these images of plant life for his own enjoyment and was not recognized as a photographer during his lifetime. Nearly all of Jones's prints, with the exception of a few duplicate images, are unique.