18th Apr, 2023 10:00

Photographica & Cameras Auction

 
  Lot 44
 

44

A fine mid-19th Century Jenner & Knewstub brass-bound photograph album with hide-covered boards

Sold for £110
Estimated at £50 - £80


 
A fine mid-19th Century Jenner & Knewstub brass-bound photograph album with hide-covered boards, mirror quatrefoil to front cover, 'VM' monogram to back cover, Patent Jenner and Knewstub lockable clasp, green shot-silk endpapers, gilt-stamped 'Jenner and Knewstub, 33 St. James's St.', pages later applied with paper 'pockets' for cabinet and cartes de visite, pp 100, circa 1860, G, some spine cracking, tearing to pockets, now with 22 snapshot silver prints from World War II, including views of Egypt, and pumping station and sewage plant in UK, close to Southern Railway tracks, possibly Berrylands, with passing 'Lord Nelson' 4-6-0 locomotive no. 850 and tender, in black wartime livery