Burdon Thomas Wilkinson (2 results)

63 black and white photographs, mounted on folding stiff foolscap leaves (bifolium, the leaves a little bowed) captioned in T. W. Burdon's hand, (two loose), ranging in size from: half page 13.5 x 18.5cms; three to a page 8.5 x 13cms; or smaller (5 or 6 to a page) 6 x 8.2cms, as well, 14 strips of thumbnail photographs (Kodak panchromatic film) mounted on three leaves, together with an extensive album of negatives in cellophane envelopes, the red-bound album 15.5 x 30cms with stud closure, the photographs unfaded and crisp in very good condition. A collection of original photographs (1952-3), documenting commercial fishing in Hong Kong from the collection of Thomas Wilkinson Burdon (1918-1988) who served as Deputy Director of Fisheries in Singapore and Malaysia from 1949-1954. The photographs are captioned and dated in Burdon?s hand and include montages relating to the Aberdeen, Kowloon and Tai-Po fish markets, as well as images of fishing boats and net repair in Sai Kung in the New Territories. The quality of the photographs speak to Burdon?s skill as a gifted amateur photographer: the photographs are not only of technical interest, but have considerable visual appeal, particularly the studies of sampans in Hong Kong Harbour.

26 black and white photographs, mounted on stiff folding foolscap leaves (bifolium, the leaves a little bowed), two loose, captioned in T. W. Burdon's hand, approx 8.5 x 14cms (or portrait) with two boxes of slides related to fishing vessels in Australia (with a typewritten index by Burdon), the photographs unfaded and crisp, in very good condition. A small collection of original photographs from the collection of Thomas Wilkinson Burdon (1918-1988) who served as Deputy Director of Fisheries in Singapore & Malaysia from 1949-1953, and visited Ceylon during his tenure. The photographs are captioned in Burdon?s hand and include images of fishing vessels and nets and one of a Fishermen's housing estate in Ceylon. A surprising double page montage shows a snake charmer at work in Negombo. The quality of the photographs speak to Burdon?s skill as a gifted amateur photographer: the photographs are not only of technical interest, but have considerable visual appeal.