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Bird’s Eye View of Holy Jerusalem

Bird’s Eye View of Holy Jerusalem

by (JERUSALEM.)

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Chromolithograph. 20x 27 ½ in. Short closed tear at top, lightly creased where once rolled. Very good condition. Archivally framed in a handsome gilt frame, linen mat.This vibrant chromolithograph bird's eye view of Jerusalem was published in Odessa for the tourist market.
The foreground is dominated by the Dome of the Rock, behind the wall of the Old City of Jerusalem. In the background appear houses of the Old City and the holy sites. Captions in Russian describe selected sites. The title of the lithograph appears in the margins, in Russian, English and French.
A striking display piece.
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Black woman with white child

Black woman with white child

by (AFRICAN AMERICAN.)

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Sixth plate tintype (2 ½ x 3 ½ in.), hand-painted jewelry including a brooch, rings and earrings. Light wear. Very good condition.
This delightful photograph shows a kind-looking young black woman sitting with a somewhat sour-looking young white child. Both are finely dressed for the occasion, the woman in an elegant dress with lace collar and the child in a dress with an elaborate lace collar. The photographer has highlighted in gold the fine jewelry each wears.
This interesting and seemingly endearing pose reflects several solutions to the problem of keeping a young child still for the long exposure time required by the tintype process. It appears that the woman is leaning her head firmly against the child's. At the same time she holds the child's head still from behind. A broad black sash or belt further immobilizes the subject!
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Buildings of [the] Fair Heirs in San Francisco. Original photographs of the pre-earthquake real...
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Buildings of [the] Fair Heirs in San Francisco. Original photographs of the pre-earthquake real estate holdings of the heirs of James Graham Fair

by SAN FRANCISCO.

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A real estate tycoon's San Francisco: this album documents approximately forty downtown San Francisco real estate holdings of the heirs of real estate, silver, and railroad magnate James Graham Fair. This album belonged to Fair's daughter Virginia Graham Fair Vanderbilt, first wife of William K. Vanderbilt II.
Most of the 39 original photographs are mounted with colored street maps locating the properties. The properties are mainly on San Francisco's major downtown streets including Market, Mission, Pacific, Post, Sutter, and Kearny.
This album provides a stunning visual record of San Francisco just before the 1906 earthquake and fires destroyed eighty percent of the city. The properties range from single-story wooden commercial structures to massive stone buildings occupying entire city blocks. Buildings include hotels, banks, saloons, residences, burlesque halls, theaters, a shooting gallery, cigar shops, groceries, and a billiard factory, often with poster-covered and paint-decorated facades. The… Read More
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Bust Portrait of Whitman Wearing a Hat

Bust Portrait of Whitman Wearing a Hat

by (WHITMAN, WALT.) Napoleon Sarony

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Albumen print (5 ¾ x 4 in.). Cabinet card mount. Light foxing, minor wear to extremities of mount. A handsome photograph.
Boldly signed and dated 1879 by Whitman. Whitman observed of this delightful portrait, "It is one of my good-humored pictures. … This is strong enough to be right and gentle enough to be right, too: I like to be both: I wouldn't like people to say 'he is a giant' and then forget I know how to love."
The flamboyant Napoleon Sarony was one of New York's leading portrait photographers. In July 1878 he invited the poet to sit for a group of portraits. Eight photographs resulted. Whitman recalled of sitting at "the great photographic establishment" that he "had a real pleasant time."
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Bust portrait of Whitman wearing a hat

Bust portrait of Whitman wearing a hat

by (WHITMAN, WALT.) Napoleon Sarony

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Albumen print (5 ¾ x 4 in.). Cabinet card mount. Light foxing, minor wear to extremities of mount. A handsome photograph.

Boldly signed and dated 1879 by Whitman. Whitman observed of this delightful portrait, "It is one of my good-humored pictures. … This is strong enough to be right and gentle enough to be right, too: I like to be both: I wouldn't like people to say 'he is a giant' and then forget I know how to love."

The flamboyant Napoleon Sarony was one of New York's leading portrait photographers. In July 1878 he invited the poet to sit for a group of portraits. Eight photographs resulted. Whitman recalled of sitting at "the great photographic establishment" that he "had a real pleasant time."
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By The Pond

By The Pond

by WHITMAN, WALT

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One page. Mounted. Browning, edge wear. The final two lines are on a separate leaf affixed at the bottom in Whitman's characteristic way. Numerous manuscript revisions by the author.
Whitman reflects rapturously on his time alone by a remote pond. Dipping his pen in the brook, he looks around and marvels, "nothing could be more primitive, secluded, naturally free, cool, luxuriant than the scene I am in the midst of."
Whitman reflects rapturously on his time alone by a remote pond. Dipping his pen in the brook, he looks around and marvels, "nothing could be more primitive, secluded, naturally free, cool, luxuriant than the scene I am in the midst of."
Whitman observes, "After my semi-daily bath, I sit here for a bit, the brook musically gurgling brawling, to the chromatic tones of a fretful cat-bird somewhere off in the bushes." The contrast with city life is striking for the poet: "On my walk hither two hours since, through fields and the old lane, I stopt to view now the sky, now the mile-off woods… Read More
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