Live auction - Lot 477

[Middle East]

Album with 72 photos from Lebanon, Syria and Turkey.

BONFILS, Félix ; GULMEZ (Brothers)


Hammer price: € 950

€ 400 / 500

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Lot description

Late 19th c

Albumen silver prints or photochromes, ca. 20,6 x 26,7 cm (some smaller, some larger), mounted on cardboard, signed by the photographer, caption on lower boards of the photos or on lower boards of mounts.

Quarter brown leather, cloth on covers.

A diverse collection of photos showing us all kind of scenes from the Holy Land and surroundings and many portraits: convoy of camels on the road to Jericho, Bedouin campment, Bedouins and children, dervishes, Muslims praying, the river Barada in Damas, the wall where St Paul escaped Damas, the Roman monolith "Stone of the Pregnant Woman", Temple of Jupiter, Temple of the Sun and Cyclopean wall in Baalbek, the grotto of Ananias of Damascus, panoramic view of Beirut, barbers on the street, water carriers and water vendors, a street food corner in Cairo, panoramic view of the Bosphorus, panoramic view of the Golden Horn, Tower of Séraskérat, ladies from Damas having a picnic, the Sultan Ahmed Mosque, the Hagia Sophia, Dolmabahçe Palace, Sultanahmet Square, oriental bishops, the Black Sea, a fruit merchant, etc.

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Lot 477

Album with 72 photos from Lebanon, Syria and Turkey.

BONFILS, Félix ; GULMEZ (Brothers)

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