Fine Photographs Auction on May 21, 2026 by Chiswick Auctions in London
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Julia Margaret Cameron (1815-1879) The Nestling Angel, 1872Guillaume Benjamin Duchenne de Boulogne (1806-1875) The Mechanism of Human Facial ExpressionDavid Octavus Hill (1802 - 1870) Robert Adamson (1821-1848) Mrs. Elizabeth Cockburn Cleghorn and
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Julia Margaret Cameron (1815-1879) The Nestling Angel, 1872: Carbon print, likely printed by the Autotype Company, London, 1875, flush-mounted to modern card, image size 34.5 x 28cm, with two trimmed labels, signed, dated, and inscribed by the photographer in
0001: Julia Margaret Cameron (1815-1879) The Nestling Angel, 1872Est. £800-£1,200£400
Guillaume Benjamin Duchenne de Boulogne (1806-1875) The Mechanism of Human Facial Expression: Albumen print from a wet collodion negative, printed 1862, laid down on original paper support, image size 15.3 x 11cm, sheet size 22.7 x 17.2cm, page size 41 x 27.5cm
0002: Guillaume Benjamin Duchenne de Boulogne (1806-1875) The Mechanism of Human Facial ExpressionEst. £1,500-£2,500£1,200
David Octavus Hill (1802 - 1870) Robert Adamson (1821-1848) Mrs. Elizabeth Cockburn Cleghorn and: Salt print, image size 20.5 x 15.2cm, annotated in unknown hand in pencil verso.
0003: David Octavus Hill (1802 - 1870) Robert Adamson (1821-1848) Mrs. Elizabeth Cockburn Cleghorn andEst. £700-£900£550
Roger Fenton (1819-1869) Group Portrait, Crimean War, 1855- 1856: Salted paper print, from collodion glass negative, image size 15.5 x 16 cm, sheet size 44.5 x 59.5cm, titled and inscribed with printed ink 'Published by T. Agnew & Sons,...., 1856. London P & D
0004: Roger Fenton (1819-1869) Group Portrait, Crimean War, 1855- 1856Est. £500-£700£400
Eadweard Muybridge (1830-1904) Plate 642, from Animal Locomotion, 1887: Collotype print, image size 25 x 30.5cm, sheet size 48 x61.5cm, annotated '642' in pencil lower right margin. Provenance:Private Collection, London Collection of Dorothy Bohm Heritage Auctions,
0005: Eadweard Muybridge (1830-1904) Plate 642, from Animal Locomotion, 1887Est. £300-£500£240
Roger Fenton (1819-1869) Crimean Portraits, c.1855: A group of salted paper prints (3), image sizes approx. 18.3 x 16cm, each titled and inscribed with printed ink 'Published by T. Agnew & Sons, ..., 1856. London P & D Colnaghi & Co., Paris, Moulin,
0006: Roger Fenton (1819-1869) Crimean Portraits, c.1855Est. £1,500-£2,500£1,200
Margaret Bourke-White (1904-1971) On the Edge of Asia, Village of Magnetnaya: Urals, 1930-1932: Vintage warm-toned silver press print, image/sheet size 21 x 32.5cm, with various pencil annotations, attribution, and stamps verso [including 'Posted / Sep 17, 1932']. A rare vintage print of this
0007: Margaret Bourke-White (1904-1971) On the Edge of Asia, Village of Magnetnaya: Urals, 1930-1932Est. £400-£600£320
Edward Steichen (1879-1973) The Early Years: 1900-192: Portfolio comprising twelve heliogravures on Rives BFK paper, printed in 1981 by John Goodman and Richard Benson, images measuring between 16 x 21cm to 32 x 26cm, numbered 495 [one of the first 500
0008: Edward Steichen (1879-1973) The Early Years: 1900-192Est. £2,000-£3,000£1,600
Koyo Okada (1895-1972) Mt Fuji in the Clouds, c.1950: Vintage silver gelatin print, image/sheet size 21 x 26cm. This print originally formed part of an album published by Okada circa 1960s. Provenance:Private Collection
0009: Koyo Okada (1895-1972) Mt Fuji in the Clouds, c.1950Est. £600-£800£480
John Dugdale (b.1960) Ci hanno Lasciato (They Left Us), 1997: Cyanotype, image size 20 x 25.4cm, edition 8/10. Archivally mounted and framed, frame size 39 x 33.5cm, with John P. Dugdale Studio, New York, label affixed to frame verso, signed by the photographer
0010: John Dugdale (b.1960) Ci hanno Lasciato (They Left Us), 1997Est. £800-£1,200£200(1 bid)
Aaron Siskind (1903-1991) Rome, 1963: Silver gelatin print, printed no later than 1979, image size 30 x 24cm, sheet size 35.5 x 28cm, signed, titled, dated, and inscribed by the photographer in ink lower margin recto, lightly annotated
0011: Aaron Siskind (1903-1991) Rome, 1963Est. £800-£1,200£400
John Dugdale (b.1960) Constantine, Rome, 1997: Cyanotype, image size 20 x 25.4cm, edition 6/10, titled, dated, and signed by the photographer in ink verso. Archivally mounted and framed, frame size 42 x 38cm, with Hamiltons, London, gallery label
0012: John Dugdale (b.1960) Constantine, Rome, 1997Est. £800-£1,200£320(2 bids)
Dick Arentz (b.1935) Wells Cathedral, Stairs to Chapter House II, 1990: Platinum palladium print, image size 44 x 30cm, signed, titled, dated, and editioned 13/50 by the photographer in ink, with the photographer's blindstamp, margin recto. Framed, frame size 72 x 58cm.
0013: Dick Arentz (b.1935) Wells Cathedral, Stairs to Chapter House II, 1990Est. £200-£300£160
Aleksander Rodchenko (1891-1956) Stairs, 1929: Silver gelatin print, printed 1994 by Alexander Lavrentiev and Yuri Plaksin, image/sheet size 16.5 x 22.5cm, with Museum Series stamp verso [un-numbered]. From the Museum Series Portfolio Number 1:
0014: Aleksander Rodchenko (1891-1956) Stairs, 1929Est. £300-£500£240
§ Germaine Krull (1879-1985) Mercier Frères Furniture Store, Paris, 1931: A pair of prints, comprising one vintage bromide print measuring 24 x 18cm and one later silver print measuring 16 x 22.5cm, the later print with obscured Krull copyright stamp [due to previous
0015: § Germaine Krull (1879-1985) Mercier Frères Furniture Store, Paris, 1931Est. £400-£600£320
Edward Steichen (1879-1973) Louise Brown, 1920s: A group of four vintage bromoil silver prints, each flush-mounted to card, image/sheet size 23.7 x 18.5cm, card 35.7 x 28cm, each with Steichen's 80 West 40th Street credit stamp mount verso. Qty: (4)
0016: Edward Steichen (1879-1973) Louise Brown, 1920sEst. £200-£300£160
Maurice Tabard (1897 - 1984) Untitled (Fashion Study), c.1930: Toned vintage silver gelatin print, image size 22.8 x 16.7 cm, sheet size 23.7 x 17.8 cm, with the photographer's stamp verso. Provenance:Zabriskie Gallery, Paris From a Private Collection: 30 Years
0017: Maurice Tabard (1897 - 1984) Untitled (Fashion Study), c.1930Est. £400-£600£320
§ Yevonde [Madame Yevonde] (1893-1975) Studio Portrait of Louise Brown, 1938: Vintage silver bromide print, flush-mounted to brown card, image size 24.5 x 19.5cm, card size 45.5 x 35.2cm, with two hand-drawn pencil borders, signed by the photographer in pencil lower right
0018: § Yevonde [Madame Yevonde] (1893-1975) Studio Portrait of Louise Brown, 1938Est. £200-£300£100
Horst P. Horst (1906-1999) Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn, High Fashion, 1938-1939: Platinum palladium print, image size 34 x22cm, sheet size 51 x41cm, Artist proof, signed with photographer’s blindstamp, lower right margin (verso); titled, dated and annotated in pencil on the
0019: Horst P. Horst (1906-1999) Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn, High Fashion, 1938-1939Est. £2,000-£3,000£1,600(1 bid)
Clarence Sinclair Bull (1896-1979) Ann Sothern [Harriette Arlene Lake], 1942: Vintage silver gelatin print, image/sheet size 50.5 x 40.5cm, titled in an unknown hand verso, with the photographer's credit stamp verso.
0020: Clarence Sinclair Bull (1896-1979) Ann Sothern [Harriette Arlene Lake], 1942Est. £200-£300£100
Horst P. Horst (1906-1999) Mainbocher Corset, Paris, 1939: Platinum-palladium print, printed 1986-1987, image size 45.2 x 33.7cm, sheet size 51 x 40cm, signed by the photographer in pencil in the lower image, signed by the photographer in pencil verso, with
0021: Horst P. Horst (1906-1999) Mainbocher Corset, Paris, 1939Est. £6,000-£8,000£2,000(1 bid)
§ Angus McBean (1904-1990) Marika Rivera Dancing to Ravel's 'Pavane to a Dead Infanta', c.1950: Vintage bromoil silver gelatin print, flush-mounted to brown card, image size 50.1 x 40cm, card size 55 x 41cm, signed and annotated by the photographer in pencil lower margin recto, captioned
0022: § Angus McBean (1904-1990) Marika Rivera Dancing to Ravel's 'Pavane to a Dead Infanta', c.1950Est. £200-£300£100
§ Dorothy Wilding (1893-1976) Archive of Vintage Photographs, Self-Portraits, Correspondence, &: A fascinating collection of vintage silver and chlorobromide prints, negatives, personal correspondence and effects, dating between the mid-1920s - c.1955, of trailblazing British studio photographer
0023: § Dorothy Wilding (1893-1976) Archive of Vintage Photographs, Self-Portraits, Correspondence, &Est. £800-£1,200£300
Jillian Edelstein (b.1958) Marika Rivera, May 1992: Vintage silver gelatin print, image size 26.5 x 26.5cm, sheet size 40 x 30cm, signed and dated by the photographer in pencil verso.
0024: Jillian Edelstein (b.1958) Marika Rivera, May 1992Est. £400-£600£200