Photographic Plate Illustrating Felling Timber by Kleynenberg, 1910

No. 145 of the collection of plates published by Kleynenberg & Co. Each plate includes a title and number. This plate is titled ‘Goudontginn...

These three original antique prints provide captivating glimpses into the Dutch West Indies, once a part of an educational series designed for school children. Numbered 151 to 153, t...

Title: Malay Peninsula (Strait Settlements and Federated Malay States) Original photos by C.J. Kleingrothe, Medan Deli An extremely rare boxed Malay Peninsula portfolio containing a...

Photogravure of a canal in the Giudecca Island of Venice, Italy. Giudecca is an island in the Venetian Lagoon, in northern Italy. It is part of the sestiere of Dorsoduro and is a locality of the comune of Venice. This print originates from 'Calli e Canali...

Pictorialist photograph of nude woman in a forest interior by Charles Cook. Silver print. Circa 1910. Charles J. Cook was a painter and pho...

Early silver gelatin Photographic print the Steam yacht Cressida at anchor in the Solent, By Kirk and Sons Cowes. Embossed crown stamp by Appointment, to the right hand side. William Umpleby Kirk (Kirk and Sons) A photographer of the late Victorian era. Born in Hull and grew up nearby where, in the early 1870s, he set up his first photographic studio. His early work has survived and are collected. In 1881 Kirk movies to Cowes, Isle of Wight. Cowes at the time was the centre of yachting internationally. A sport of royalty and the rich and privileged. At Cowes boats and yachts were raced, bought, sold and of course shown off. Kirk photographed the boats and their owners. He specialised in Marine photography, in portraiture e.g a copy of Kirk’s photograph of The Marquis of Ormonde is held in the British National Archives at Kew. He also photographed groups at house parties, tutor groups and sports teams of Naval Cadets at Osborne Naval College. His photographs of the sumptuous interiors of large yachts remain to record that era. Kirk’s reputation grew when he photographed Queen Victoria’s yacht, HMY Alberta at a speed of 10 knots entering Cowes Harbour; this is said to be one of the first British photographs of a vessel in motion. (citation needed) and to have earned him the Royal Warrant to Queen Victoria. Photographs by Kirk of the yachts Bona and Ailsa, for example, were sold by auction at Christie’s, New York. Exhibitions: Lapada 2018 A collection of Kirk’s work is held by the Isle of Wight County Council and is reviewed by Ian Dear. An extensive, but as yet uncatalogued collection of Kirk’s original 8' x 10' glass plates is held by the Gallery, Classic Boat...

Ernest Koehly black and white right hand photogravure plate inside the book Phographie 1947 edited by Arts et Metiers Graphiques. Measures: 28 x 22.5 cm Black wood framed size 40 x 50 cm Koehli, Ernst Born: 1913 Died: 1983 Preliminary course at the Kunstgewerbeschule Zürich 1928-1932, followed by Fachklasse für Fotografie with Hans Finsler 1932-1934. For over forty years Koehli ran his own photo studio in the Z-house on Stauffacherplatz in Zurich. From 1936 regular orders from trade unions and the Social Democratic Party...

Contemporary photography "Camadas" (Layers) from "Archeology of Future Ruins" collection by Brazilian Photographer Felipe Varanda. Edition: 1/8 Archival ink on Hahnemühle Photo R...