Rare Book Auction
Friday, 22 July - Thursday, 11 August 2022
Twenty Three 19th Century Silver Gelatin Photographs By The Burton Brothers
Estimate $300 - $500
Realised: $230 plus premium
Lot Details
including, the Pink & White Terraces, various landscape views, Te Ariki-Lake Tarawera with numerous Maori by the waters edge, Near Hiroharama (Jerusalem) Wanganui River, Halls Arm, Looking Down, Buried Whare Wairoa with "Rewiri" seated outside, c1886 after the June 10th eruption. The single image is of Niagara Falls frozen over, again c1886, loss to one corner, one Wheeler has ink lines through the image. All are heavily foxed, with edge wear and corner losses and other faults.