JAPAN BEATO (FELICE) and others. Forty-seven views of Japan, and 14 portraits or genre types, albumen prints (one tinted), the majority laid on card (some recto and verso, between one and 4 per page, 10 not laid down), approximately 10 captioned in ink on the image, some captioned in the negative, others mostly captioned on the mount, 24 smaller (approx. 110 x 160mm.), others larger (typically 190 x 250mm.), [1860s-80s] (group) Footnotes: The views include a fine 5-part panorama of Yokosuka (sheets not joined, captioned in English and Japanese, and numbered 196 to 200 in the negative), Hakone (5, attributable to Suzuki Shinichi, or Usui); scenes of Kyoto, Nara (one by Yokoyama Matsusaburo), Nagasaki, Lake Biwa, Kamakura, Nikko, Shiba, Osaka, Yokohama, etc. The portraits include an antique shop and owner by Felice Beato; a member of the French military mission with local attendants, attributable to Jules Le Bas; tattooed man; three fisherman; Meiji Emperor, and Empress, by Uchida Kuichi; '2B 85 Kago Travelling Chair'; female weaver; group of paper merchants (numbered '1001' in the negative). This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: • • Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing
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Estimate £2,000-£3,000
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Jul 06, 2026 7:00 AM EDTLondon, UNITED KINGDOM, United Kingdom



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