Fish and Crocodile
SOLD October 2010 |
Two warm-toned printing-out prints showing Florida marine life and a crocodile, circa 1895. Mounted on period album board measuring 11 x 13.5 inches (28x34 cm), titled on mount "Biscayne Bay Florida" and "Crocodile Killed in Biscayne Bay Fla." Print size 4.25 x 7 inches (11x18 cm).
Prints overall in very good condition with some light wear to emulsion.
These photographs come from a group of travel albums descending from the family of Charles Goddard Weld (1857-1911) and believed to be Weld's personal albums, as several bear his bookplate. Weld, a Boston-area physician, traveled to the East at the end of the 19th century and had important connections to Asian art as well as to the photographer Edward Curtis. He donated a collection of over 100 original Curtis images to the Peabody Essex Museum of Salem, Massachusetts and an important collection of Asian art to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. These photographs were likely gathered by Weld during his travels in the East.
Below: Book plate from one of Weld's travel albums:
