02-14-201302-14-2013
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsMarlborough MA
February 14, 2013 10:00 AMCalender
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Photographic Journals from European Tour, 1875 and 1877.

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$400$400
Auction: Discovery - 2637MLocation: MarlboroughDate / Time: February 14, 2013 10:00AM

Description:

Photographic Journals from European Tour, 1875 and 1877.
Two separate albums compiled by Ellen Sturgis Dixey (1849-1924),of Lenox, Massachusetts, wife of Richard Cowell Dixey (1844-1914),with fine calligraphic titles and many well-executed gouache embellishments including plants and flowers, coats of arms, and other relevant scenes and snippets to accompany the photographs; photographs include landmarks, natural features, art work, and royalty; both volumes bound in leather with Ellen's initials cast in metal and set onto each front board, very rubbed, spines perished.
In addition to images from all the major and many minor attractions in England, Italy, Germany, Spain and France, the albums also contain photographs of Ellen's trips to the Alps, Vienna, Capri, Pompeii, Turkey, Egypt, Malta, Greece, and other places. Her cruise along the Nile includes a photograph of the boat, the Luxor, and a measured floor plan of its accommodations. (2)
Estimate $200-300

The photographs in these albums vary greatly in size. Some take up an entire page (approximately 7 x 10 in.),and others are much smaller, 2 1/4 x 3 1/4 in, with most somewhere in between. The albums themselves measure 12 1/4 x 9 1/4 in.


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Keywords

Ellen Sturgis Dixey, European Tour, Richard Cowell Dixey, Massachusetts, England, Italy, Germany, Spain and France, Pompeii, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Malta, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom, Nile