Samuel baylis barnard (2 risultati)

Cabinet Card. Condizione: Very Good. A circa 1890 cabinet card of a young lad in traditional Scottish attire - including his hat, which lies politely unworn upon the table top. Card with the backmark reading "Under the Patronage of H.M. The Queen & H.E. The Governor". Card is edge worn and trimmed a wee bit tight on the right side. Photo has a few marks, else a great period image, offering an interesting look at a young 19th century Cape Town immigrant. S.B. Barnard "Cape Town's most fashionable photographer" opened his studio in Cape Town at 37 Adderley Street in May 1865, so this image could quite easily date earlier than c. 1890.…

Condizione: Fine. This seemingly-unique album, offering "specimens of the flora of the Cape peninsula", was published by the prominent South African commercial photographer Samuel Baylis Barnard in 1890. It contains thirty six "photographs from nature," each delicately hand-colored and identified in red ink. Floral specimens titles include: Disa Grandiflora; Anemone; Watson; Hesperantha; Rochea Coccinea; Herschelia Coelestis & Disa Porresta; Tristoria Squalida; Protea; Lachenalia; Gladiolus; Erica Cerinthoides; Disa Venusta; Acanthus; Disa Venusta; Artistica Capitata; Agapanthus & Rochea Coccinea; Fresia; Protea; Erica; Microloma & Ixia; Abacus; Knysna Lily; Homoeria Collina; Erica Baccans; Pelargonium & Broom; Ericas; Harveya Capensis & Rochea; Belladona Lily; Sparaxis Pendula; Antholyza & Erica; Narcena; Auronzo; Disa Grandiflora; Satyrium; and Disa. The front and back covers are detached, and some pages are loose from the binding. There is also a bit of foxing to some of the mounts, but the hand-coloring is uniformly rich and vibrant. From 6 x 4 to 8 x 6 inches ; With specimen ID recto and photographically-illustrated title page. Photo album; hand-colored albumen prints (36).…