The West Indies
Cooper & Co. and others

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Cooper & Co. and others
Views and portrait studies, the West Indies, 1880s
Scrap album containing forty albumen prints, 3¼ x 4¼ in. to 8¼ x 5½ in., five signed Cooper or Cooper & Co., six titled and ten numbered in the negatives, loosely inserted in pre-cut slits, the majority titled in pencil on mounts, marbled boards (spine damaged and part disbound), sm. 4to.
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Several portrait studies of natives in traditional dress including 'French Domestics', 'West Indian Sieves Seller', a coco nut seller, 'Bread boy', 'Cake woman', milk, broom, basket and seafood sellers; waterfall views in Guadeloupe and Dominica, a view of two men in a cactus field; several views around St. John's, Antigua including market scenes, street scenes and harbour views.

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