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(INDIA.) BOURNE, SAMUEL
Two photographs: Kutub Minar & Great Arch. Delhi, c. 1866. [and] Great Arch and Iron Pillar. Delhi, 1866
This is a splendid pair of Samuel Bourne views of the Qutb complex in Delhi.
$2,800
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BARBOZA, ANTHONY
Dance Theatre of Harlem #2. New York, 1983
Barboza took this photograph for GEO magazine, though its mood and structure place it as firmly within his personal work as within any editorial assignment.
$2,800
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(KENNEDY, JOHN F.) Clark, Edward
Senator John Kennedy with his baby daughter Caroline. Georgetown, 1958
Signed and inscribed by Edward Clark. Clark was one of the leading American magazine photographers of the twentieth century.
$2,500
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(IRVING, WASHINGTON)
Washington Irving. Mr. Bryant’s address on his life and genius. Addresses by Everett, Bancroft, Longfellow, Felton, Aspinwall, King, Francis, Greene. Mr. Allibone’s sketch of his life and works. With eight photographs. New York: Putnam, 1860
First edition. Presentation copy inscribed by the published to S. Austin Allibone, who contributed the sketch of Irving’s life and works. Allibone ewas a leading American editor, author, and bibliographer who is best known for his Critical Dictionary of English Literature and British and American Authors. Other contributors include Longfellow, Bryant, Everett, and Bancroft.
$2,500
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(CAPITOL ,WASHINGTON, D.C.)
United States Capitol. no publisher, c. 1870
This dramatic photograph of the United States Capitol shows the building in the 1870s, after the completion of the new dome and the extensions.
$2,500
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JOHNSTON, JOHN S
Normal College, 68th Street and Park Avenue.. New York, 1895
This photograph shows the original building of the Normal College of the City of New York, seen from Park Avenue at East 68th Street. Designed by David I. Stagg and formally opened in September 1873, the large Gothic Revival structure occupied the block between Park and Lexington Avenues and 68th and 69th Streets.
$2,500
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JOHNSTON, JOHN S
Carrigan-Rudd Mansion. New York, 1894
The “old style residence” presented here was originally the home built for Andrew Carrigan, an Irish-born provisions merchant who emigrated in the 1820s, made his fortune, and in 1850 helped found the Emigrant Industrial Savings Bank.
$2,500
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(PONTOON BRIDGE.) Photographer unidentified
Pontoon bridges across the James River at Richmond, Virginia. Richmond, 1865
This rare photograph shows two parallel pontoon bridges stretching across the James River at Richmond, Virginia, near war’s end. The Army Corps of Engineers constructed these bridges after retreating Confederate forces burned the bridges in 1865. The Dunlop Mills are seen on the other side of the river.
$2,200
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(WASHINGTON ,GEORGE AND MARTHA.)
Portrait Miniature of George and Martha Washington. American, 19th century
This American School painted ivory features a charming representation of the nation’s first president and first lady.
$2,200
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BEGIN, MENACHEM and JIMMY CARTER
Photograph signed by Carter and Begin. Robert A. Cumins, 1979
Signed by Carter and Begin. Menachem Begin was awarded the 1978 Nobel Peace Prize, together with Anwar Sadat, “for their work in laying a foundation for future peace” in the Middle East. The framework, reached at Camp David, was facilitated by Jimmy Carter. The Nobel award called Carter “the masterbuilder responsible for the bridge that had to be built between Egypt and Israel.”
$2,200











