Vintage albumen print showing a Samoan grave decorated with multicolored stones, circa 1880. Mounted to gray period album board measuring 11 x 13.5 inches (28x34 cm), board titled in ink below print "Grave / Samoa." Print size 5.25 x 7.5 inches (13x19 cm).   Price: $175.   ( Inventory# ic749.45 )

This photograph comes 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:

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Last updated April 10, 2024