M. Blanchard - Atelier Hoare and others - Lot 79

M. Blanchard - Atelier Hoare and others M. Blanchard's personal album, c. 1898-1915. Martinique. Saint-Pierre. Tahiti. Naval establishment at Fare Ute. Artillery barracks. Governor's Hotel. Aroa. American three-masted Tropic Bird, carrying mail from San Francisco to Tahiti. Tautira. Caves of Maroa. Hut. Palace of King Pomare V. Costumes and idols. Tahitian fishermen. King's tomb. Prince Hinoï. Queen of Bora-Bora. Marquesas Islands. Kanak. Traditional costumes and hat. Leeward Islands. Anthropophagous. Man with elephantiasis. Queen of the Marquesas Islands. Haapape mountain. Papenoo River. Point Venus. Egypt. Cairo. Madagascar. Tananarive. General Government. Palace of the 1st Minister. Rainilaiarivony. Hova army encampment. Caiman hunting. Ampasimbola construction site. Shoeing a thief. Oblong in-4 album, composed of approximately 220 albumen, citrate and silver gelatin prints from the period, mounted on cardboard. Numerous handwritten annotations and dates on the mounts. Size of prints: from 5 x 4 to 19 x 24 cm