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Large folio album ca. 35.5 x 27.5 cm (14 x 10 ¾ in.). 86 original photographs including 80 albumen prints and 6 cyanotypes, mounted on recto and/or verso of 29 leaves ca. 34.5 x 24.5 cm (13 ½ x 9 ½ in.). 10 large photographs from ca. 23.5 x 17.5 cm (9 ¼ x 6 ¾ in.) to ca. 27.5 x 23.5 cm (10 ¾ x 9 ¼ in.), one photograph ca. 5.5 x 9 cm (2 x 3 ½ in.) and the rest ca. 13.5 x 9.5 cm (5 ¼ x 3 ¾ in.) to ca. 12 x 18.5 cm (4 ½ x 7 ¼ in.). All captioned in period manuscript black ink on mount and/or in negative on the photograph. Period brown half sheep with gilt bands, brown pebbled cloth boards and moiré endpapers. Album leaves slightly waved, covers with some mild wear at extremities, but overall album and photographs in very good condition. This album contains photographs showing onboard activities, landscapes and port cities during the travels of two French Navy School ships. The majority of the album focuses on a voyage aboard the Iphigénie frigate from October 5th 1886 to July 30th 1887 around the Mediterranean sea and across the Atlantic Ocean to the Caribbean. Two large photographs show a rare views of a equatorial line-crossing ceremony in November 1886 during which the crew dress up in costumes. Several photographs show landscapes of the Caribbean, including the Islands of the Saints, « La Grande Anse » and the Chameau Mountain in Guadeloupe, as well as the Madame river in Martinique. Additionally, there are two portraits of laundresses in Fort de France, Martinique. Eight photographs of Malta include a panorama of Valletta, views of the port, and streets in the Faubourg of Lisla. There are several images showing Portugal, including the Tower of Belem in Lisbon and eight views of the Pena Palace in Sintra. Photographs of Algeria include views of Alger and Mers-el-Kébir and two portraits of Moorish women. Also shown are several onboard exercises, such as firing the canon, and military exercises on land, such as landing exercises. The album also contains photographs of another Naval School ship's voyage from Manche, France to Anvers, Belgium onboard the Bougainville in 1885. These include views of the Saint André Church and the Calvaire St Paul in Anvers as well as two destroyer stationed in the Brest port, the Terrible and the d'Estaing. Overall a historically interesting early album showing scenes of the voyages and activities of French Naval School ships in the Mediterranean, Atlantic and Caribbean. List of Captioned Images : Chaire de la cathédrale d'Anvers ; Chaire de l'église de St André, Anvers ; Anvers, Lot de la Bourse ; Salle du Conseil ? Palais des Grands Maîtres, Malte ; Chef de Corporation par G. De Vos ? Musée d'Anvers ; Malte ? Le Port, Polyphemus torpilleur anglais, lance torpilles sous l'eau- guille mobile ; Le Christ de Léonard de Vinci, cathédrale d'Anvers ; Malte ? L'entrée du port ; Le Christ de Rubens ; Malte ? Le Port ; L'Intérieur de St André (Anvers) ; Calvaire St Paul (Anvers) ; L'Adoration de l'agneau de Van Dyck ; Iphigénie au mouillage dans le port de Philippeville (Mai 1887) ; Tour de Belem ? Lisbonne ? Octobre 86 ; Faubourg de Belem (Lisbonne) ; Couvent des Hicronymites ? Lisbonne ; Château Royal de la Pena sur la Suerra Cintra (30 kil ouest de Lisbonne) ; Porte d'entrée du Château de la Pena ; Château de la Pena ; Château de la Pena porte d'entrée ; Ruines du château des Maures sur un piton en face de la Pena ; Autre vue de la Pena prise de la route qui y conduit ; Cour intérieure de la Pena. À gauche, vue sur l'océan. A droite, porte d'entrée (diable) ; Château de la Pena, Porte donnant accès aux galeries qui conduisent à la porte principale (diable) ; La Pena ; Blanchisseuse de Fort de France dans ses plus beaux atours ; Maison particulière sur la savane à Fort de France ; La fête du passage de la Ligne à bord de l'Iphigénie, Passage à la baille pour le baptème ; Paysages des environs de Fort de France ; Arbre à Pain ; Rivière Madame Fort de France ; La fête du passage de la Ligne à bord de l'. Seller Inventory # PC88
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