Bridge across Vaal River, South Africa
Albumen print, c. 1890
Tonality- 6-7/10, very minor loss at one corner, some creasing; 260 x 367 mm., unmounted
$400.

Briitsh Troops at Magdala, the Abyssinian War
Albumen print, c. 1868
Tonality- 7/10; 188 x 247 mm., unmounted
$1250.

This image was photographed by Sgt. Harrold as part of the Royal Engineers photographic team on 14-16 April. Before the British departed after their victory, they burned Magdala to the ground and took King Theodore's son back to England. This image is illustrated in the Gernsheims' 'Historic Events 1839-1939', 1960, p. 49.

Elim (Wady Churondel), Sinai
Albumen print, 1860s
Tonality- 9-10/10; 153 x 205 mm., mounted on card with Biblical inscription
$375.

This is a photograph from Good's first voyage to the Near East in 1866-1867 which was published by Francis Frith.

Interieur d'une cour arabe
Albumen print, 1870s
Tonality 8/10; 197 x 260 mm., unmounted
$425.

Jerusalem, Tower of David
Salt print, 1854
Tonality 9/10; 234 x 331 mm., mounted on card with printed titles
$6500.

Salzmann was commissioned in 1853 by Félix de Saulcy in order to resolve an academic argument concerning ruins in Palestine. The photographer's prints from paper negatives were printed by Blanquart-Evrard utilising his developing-out process and published in a now very rare volume by Gide & Baudry in 1856. From the beginning, observers noted 'un caractére tout particulier' and today's curators and collectors are still struck with the apparent modernism of Salzmann's style.

Man holding knife, Africa
Albumen print, c. 1880
Tonality- 8-9/10, minor edge fading; 141 x 98 mm., mounted with another view of men in canoe on verso
$250.