Lot Description
ANONYMOUS
Southern states, America, 1880s
Scrap album containing sixty-one albumen prints, sizes approx. 3¼ x 3¼ in. to 7½ x 6 in., occasional inscriptions in pencil and one with photographer’s ink stamp (indistinct) on verso, loosely inserted in pre-cut slits, titled and several dated in pencil on mounts; with a quantity of miscellaneous photographs loosely inserted, blue cloth (lacking spine, partially disbound), titled Scrap Album in gilt on front cover.
Lot Notes
A personal album consisting of photographs relating to G.C. Stapylton, portraits and views in America’s southern states, probably Alabama and Florida including views of banana groves and orange groves, group portraits of workers, portraits at Stapylton’s wedding, an image of an alligator posed on a rocking chair wearing a hat and holding a pipe, views at Spring Lake, Lake Harris and Fat Island, and an image of a lynching titled ‘Justice’.
Price Realized (Set Currency)
- ($1,031)
- Sales totals are hammer price plus buyer’s premium and do not reflect costs, financing fees or application of buyer’s or seller’s credits.
Estimate
- ($897 – $1,196)
Sale Information
Sale 5587
1 May 1996
London, King Street
The Chetwynd Chronicles 
Donna, did you ever find out who sold this album? Alan Gillett asked me if I knew anything about it. I am a grandson of Colonel GB Chetwynd-Stapylton, son of Granville Brian.
I have heard nothing more about this album, Nigel. While I have some of the pictures described I would have loved to have had a wedding picture or two.
Thanks for responding!