Rare Large Early Photos of Massawa, Eritrea
By: Luigi NARETTI (1859-1922, fl. ca. 1885-1900)
Language: eng
Notes: Provisional cataloging.from description supplied by vendor.

[Collection of Fourteen Early Large Albumen Photographs of Eritrea, Showing Massawa, the Taulud and Green Islands, the Gherar Peninsula, the Celebration of the Italian Victory in the Battle of Coatit, Performance of “Teatro Circolo Ufficiale” in Massawa, etc.]

Ca. 1890s. Fourteen loose gelatin silver photographs, from ca. 21,5x27,5 cm (8 ¼ x 11 in) to ca. 18x27,5 cm (7x11 in). All but one photo captioned in negative, twelve photos with the stamps of the studio of L. Naretti, Massawa, in negative. One photo with a period ink caption on recto; ten photos with period pencil dates “97-98” on verso; three photos with longer period ink notes in Italian on vers. A few images mildly faded, and a couple with minor foxing, but overall a very good collection of rare large interesting photographs.