Bonfils Lekegian (4 results)

Interesting photo album, probably compiled as a souvenir of a journey through the Holy Land, Egypt, Athens and Venice in the 1890s. Complete souvenir albums were sold by photographer's studios and dealers alike. However, the fact that the current album has several blank pages at the end, lacks a binding title and contains photographs showing several different countries, suggests that it was compiled by an individual traveller. Among the photographs of Athens, is an image of the statue of Themis, excavated in 1890 in Rhamnous and subsequently transported to Athens. The inclusion of this photograph suggests the album was compiled in or soon after 1890.The largest part of the album contains photographs of Egypt and Jerusalem. After a view with numerous watermelons at the market of Jaffa, it shows views of Ramlah, Bethany (al-Azariya), Khan al-Ahmar ("scene of the 'good Samaritan' episode") and the convent Mar Saba. Before the views of Bethlehem on Christmas day, are two photographs showing local inhabitants: a single rider with his horse before the river Jordan and a Bedouin camp near Jericho. All the major sites of Jerusalem are present, including the Mount of Olives, Wailing Wall, Solomon's Stables and the Jaffa Gate with more watermelons. A misplaced image of the coppersmiths of Cairo appears before images of the Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. The images of Egypt mostly show the river Nile and the Pyramids, but also a busy market in the garden of Gezireh, the interior of the Mosque of Muhammad Ali and a mummy. Typical images of Athens and Venice follow, with the final image showing a gentleman and two ladies feeding the pigeons on the Piazza San Marco.With the captions of several of the photographs transcribed in pencil or ink. Binding worn at the extremities. Paperboard album leaves with a few spots and several tears, most of the header corners damaged and several repaired. Photographs in excellent condition, a few with some spots and light damage at the sides. Contemporary brown half morocco, buckram boards. Oblong album (41.5 x 31 cm) containing 62 albumen prints, mostly 23 x 28 cm, with 2 smaller prints of ca. 16 x 28 and 5 large prints of 35.5 x 27 cm. Most of the photographs are numbered and captioned on the negative in French, and sometimes also in English. Pages: [59], [11 blank] pp.…

Album with 96 original photographs, album size 26 x 34 cm, 6 cm thick. Consists of 48 board-like leaves with 96 tipped on original photographs ( tipped on recto & verso on the leaves). Photo size is 220 x 280 mm ( allmost all are landscape format ). The album is in very good condition as are the photographs; only 2 or 3 are slightly faded, 3 showing a tear which was there before they were tipped on to the leaf. 2 of the album leaves have come loose. The album has a half leather back, the leaves are kept together with two steel pins. The photographs can be dated between 1875 and 1895. Most of them are albumine prints, 7 are salt prints. A complete description with the titles ( captions ) can be had upon email request. Here follows the list of photographers with number of items. Abdoullah Frères - 5 pict. / H. Arnoux - 6 pict. / Beato - 5 pict. / Bonfils - 17 pict. / Fiorillo - 6 pict. / Lekegian - 3 pict. / Sébah - 15 pict. / Zangaki - 1 pict. / Zangorski - 16 pict. / The photographers of 22 pictures remain unidentified. The album offers a great variety of sujects, but all on Egypt. There are 24 views of temples and another 8 views of Karnak. 6 town views of Alexandria , 9 of Cairo , 7 of Suez and the canal , 15 views of the Nile and surroundings, 5 mosques , 4 of the Arab Museum , 4 of persons. Very well preserved and interesting 19th c. collection of views in Egypt. Total price is based on 45 Euro per pictures ( album sells as one item - no separate pictures can be had ). A complete description with the titles ( captions ) can be had upon email request.…

None. Condition: None. Oblong Folio album ca. 26,3x35,5 cm (10 ½ x 14 in). 94 card stock leaves. With 94 large original albumen photographs, each ca. 19x26,1 cm (7 ½ x 10 ¼ in); most photos captioned in French, signed and/or numbered in negatives (including ca. 22 prints by the Zangaki brothers, 12 prints by Pascal Sebah, 7 prints by Luigi Fiorillo, 5 prints by the Abdullah Freres, 3 prints by Antonio Beato, 1 print by Hippolyte Arnoux, 1 print by Gabriel Lekegian, and 1 print by Maison Bonfils). Period full-cloth album with marbled endpapers. Binding worn, album leaves with upward curling, occasional tears along the edges, but otherwise a very good album with strong, interesting photos. An interesting extensive collection of large albumen prints of Egypt taken by some of the most renowned early photographers of the region, including the Zangaki brothers, Pascal Sebah, Luigi Fiorillo, the Abdullah Freres, Antonio Beato, Hippolyte Arnoux, Gabriel Lekegian, and Maison Bonfils. The album contains ninety-four studio photographs, with about twenty excellent portraits of local settlers. The photos vividly portray Egyptian messengers, water carriers, porters, beggars, and guards, as well as Fellahin women in burqas carrying water jars or balancing vegetables on their heads. Especially interesting are several candid urban scenes showing wheat & date harvesting, a cargo of clay pots on the banks of the Nile, a camel caravan crossing the Suez Canal via a chain ferry, European travelers posing atop camels, etc. There's also a lively street scene on Sultan Hussein Quay in Port Said, with clearly visible locals, horse carts, and shop signs reading "The Eastern Telegraph Co.," "Henry's, King & Co.," "Thos. Cook & Son," and "Bank of Egypt Limited." Other photographs mostly show panoramic views and iconic landmarks in Cairo (the Mosque of Muhammad Ali, the Gezirah Palace, the Obelisk of Heliopolis, Giza Palace, and the Tombs of the Caliphs, etc.); Port Said (waterfront scenes, the Dutch House, Franz Joseph Quay with its lighthouse, and the Square of Ferdinand de Lesseps); Alexandria (the Mahmudiyya Canal, Ras El Tin Palace, Pompey's Pillar, an Egyptian artillery position in the al-Maqs area, destroyed during the 1882 British bombardment); Gaza (the Great Sphinx and general views of the Pyramids); Saqqara (the Step Pyramid of Djoser and the interior of the Mastaba of Mereruka); Abydos (Temple of Osiris); Philae (Temple of Isis); Abu Simbel (Great Temple of Ramesses); Luxor (Luxor Temple, general view); and Guirgueh (general view). The collection also includes about twenty photographs of the Suez Canal (entrance, the canal company's bureau, and vessels in transit) and a photographic reproduction of a map charting the Suez Canal route (with the photos of Ismael Pasha and Ferdinand De Lesseps). Overall, historically interesting collection of excellent studio prints of Egypt taken by some of the most renowned early photographers of the region.…

Egypt, 1898 (year on spine)s. in -folio album 46 x 39 cm, bound in claret coloured quarter morocco, marbled endpapers., Contains 56 cardboard-mounted original photographs. Size approx. 200 x 280 mm. 18 of the photographs are signed by Zangaki, 4 by Sébah, 5 by Legekian, 6 by Bonfils, 3 by Beato, 3 by Arnoux and 1 by Abdoullah. Most are numbered and with a title caption in the negative. Two unsigned pictures seem to be of a much earlier date. A complete list of the pictures, with photo number and title captions, in format Excell, can be had upon e-mail request (we don't send pictures, but of the outside of the album). The photographs don't show any fading or soiling. The album with the photographs is in near pristine state. Most of these albums were bound in the oblong format. An in-folio album in this size and this fine condition is very rare. We calculate an approx. price of 80 Euro per picture. The pictures show a variety of views : the Canal of Suez , with identified ships, Port Said, the piramides, the Sphinx, Abou Simbel, Alexandria, Karnak, crocodile hunting. A complete list of the pictures, with photo number and title captions, in format Excell, can be had upon e-mail request . The listed price is for the complete album.…