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bodyguards, girls from Malabar, a brahman,... A couple of slides of the
Andoman and Nicobar
Islands
, an idol worship, and 1 box of glass negatives. Labels: “Projections Molteni, Ragiduet et
Massiot”, “Newton, Fleet st” and “E.G. Wood, 1 & 2 Queen Street, Cheapside, London” (c. 1900).
255 [Israel - Palestine]
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180 diapositives
.
€ 500/1000
Images of following
cities:
Acra, Afqa, Beirut, Bethlehem, Bethany, Capernaum, Damascus, the
Dead Sea, Haifa, Heliopolis, Jericho, Jaffa, Jordan, Nazareth, Sichem, Sidon, etc. Many images of
sacred sites
such as the Nativity Church in Bethlehem, the Church of the Annunciation in Nazareth,
Tomb of Lazarus, Rachel, Joseph, etc. Images of
Jerusalem
: Mount of Olives, David’s Tomb, Easter
Feast in the street, Mosque of Omar, Tombs of the Judges, Tombs of the Kings, Church of the
Holy Sepulchre, Pilate’s Court, Tomb of Absalon, several Stations of the Cross, Tomb of the Virgin
Mary, The Western Wall, Valley of Josaphat, Abbay of the knights of Malta, etc.
Portraits
: Coptic
patriarch, Armenian bishop, Catholic bishop, etc. Labels: “Beernaert’s DPC”, “E.Mazo”.
256 [Italy]
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661 diapositives
.
€ 1000/1500
Pictures taken during
a private trip
(?) referring to a diapositive titled “Mon guide” portraying
a man. Also images picturing separately the same woman and gentleman. Pictures of streets, the
beach, a boat trip, people on horseback, a volcano excursion?, local people, etc. Images of
Rome
:
art, monuments, ruins, statues, paintings, sculptures, bas reliefs, catacombs, crypts, basilicas,
churches, the Forum Romanum, the Vatican, cloisters, the Rostra, Titus Arch, theatres, the Palatine
Hill, etc. Images of the
Vatican Museum
showing paintings, sculptures, different parts of the
museum, the Vatican Library, the Pinacoteca, the Sixtine Chapel, the Galery of the Statues, the
Hall of Busts, the Immaculate Room, etc. Also the St Peter’s Basilica, catacombs, ruins, etc. Images
of
Pompei
and the Vesusius showing objects in museums (art and illustrations), temples, houses,
amphitheatres, etc. Art works in Naples National Archaeological Museum. Images of
Genoa
(the
port and cemetery), the Etna vulcano, Syracuse (amphitheatre), Catania,
Sicily
(Temple of Ceres,
ruins of an ancient theatre),
Palermo
(the basilica, catacombs, cloister, carabinieri),
Verona
(castle,
thermae, cathedral, arena), Lucarno, Lake Maggiore, Lake Lugano, Como Lake, etc. Images of
Venice
: St Mark’s Basilica (interior and exterior), St Mark’s Square, Doge’s Palace, Basilica di
San Giovanni e Paolo, St Mark’s Campanile, paintings in Gallerie dell’Accademia, Ca’ Pesaro,
Palazzo Badour, etc. Furthermore the Colosseum in Rome, Lateran Palace, San Galgano Abbey,
Montepulciano, Lago Majore, Pisa, Temple of Neptune Paestum, images of
bullfighting
,
bohemians
and their camp and from the
earthquake
in
Messina
(1908) showing the destroyed city, casualties,
temporary shelters, emergency services, etc. 1 box of
glass negatives
. Labels: “Beernaer’ts”, “V.
Monkhoven”, “Istituto Micrografico Italiano, Firenze, Via Guelfa, 30”. “Beernaert’s”, “E. Mazo”.
257 [Japan]
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302 diapositives
.
€ 1000/2000
Images of Japanese art objects (vases, mirrors, statues, thrones,...) in museums or from illustrations
(in handbooks?). Other images of temples, sacred places, buddhas, pagodas, people, etc. such
as the Ikegami Honmon-ji temple in
Tokio
, shores of the lake Hakoné (Tokio), Shiva temple...
In situ images showing indigenous people, temples, sacred places, street views, Japanese crafts
and trades: i.a.
umbrella makers
, cooks, dressmakers, silk manufacturers, weavers, a Japanese
feast, musicians, actors, singers, palanquin drivers, public gardens, opium smokers, wrestlers,
hairdressers, shops, etc. Some specific places:
Yokohama
: lighthouse, Iseyama temple, the seaside.
Hakone
: Miyanoshita.
Tokyo
: Temple of the second Shogoun.
Nikko
: temple. Images of illustrations
from
Japanese ukiyo-e and Surimono artists
and
painters
, also some art objects. Some illustrators:
Hokusai, Toyohiro, Hokkei, Shinsai, Hirosada, Toshikata, Kunimasa, etc. Labels “Newton” and
“Projections Molteni”.