Girl by a Pool · Herbert Draper

Herbert James Draper :: A Young Girl by a Pool, oil on canvas, signed 'H.J.DRAPER' (lower left), probably 1892-93. | src Bonhams
Herbert James Draper :: A Young Girl by a Pool, oil on canvas, signed ‘H.J.DRAPER’ (lower left), probably 1892-93. | src Bonhams

Although not recorded in Simon Toll’s catalogue raisonné on Draper, the present lot can probably be dated to 1892-93, when the artist was working in Rome. There are a number of related studies for the work, one of which, entitled ‘Pompilia’, depicts a girl in a similar crocheted cap (illustrated p.79, no. 33). The work can also be compared with other paintings of this period, such as ‘Love in the Garden of Philetas’ (RA 1892) and ‘The Spirit of the Fountain’ (1893), where flowers and ornamental gardens appear as popular motifs. | quoted from Bonhams London

Herbert James Draper :: A Young Girl by a Pool, oil on canvas, signed 'H.J.DRAPER' (lower left), probably 1892-93. | src Bonhams | DETAIL
Herbert James Draper :: A Young Girl by a Pool, oil on canvas; probably 1892-93. (DETAIL)

Expo de la gravure japonaise

Exposition de la gravure japonaise du 25 avril au 22 mai… A l'Ecole des Beaux Arts… : [affiche] engraving [1890]
Author : Jules Chéret (1836-1932) Illustrateur | src BnF ~ Gallica
Exposition de la gravure japonaise du 25 avril au 22 mai… A l’Ecole des Beaux Arts… : [affiche] engraving [1890]
Author / Auteur : Jules Chéret (1836-1932) Illustrateur | src BnF ~ Gallica
Exposition de la gravure japonaise du 25 avril au 22 mai… A l'Ecole des Beaux Arts… : [affiche] engraving [1890]
Author : Jules Chéret (1836-1932) Illustrateur | src BnF ~ Gallica
Exposition de la gravure japonaise du 25 avril au 22 mai… A l’Ecole des Beaux Arts… : [affiche] [1890]
Author : Jules Chéret (1836-1932) Illustrateur | src BnF ~ Gallica

Gabrielle Dupont par Pierre Louÿs

Pierre Louÿs (1870-1925) :: Gabrielle Dupont nue, de dos, 1893. | src BnF ~ Gallica
Pierre Louÿs (1870-1925) :: Portrait de Gabrielle Dupont, 1893. | src BnF ~ Gallica
Pierre Louÿs (1870-1925) :: Gabrielle Dupont allongée sur des coussins, en août 1893 chez Pierre Louÿs, rue Rembrandt. | src BnF ~ Gallica

Summer Days ca. 1895

William B. Post :: Summer days, ca. 1895. Photogravure. The Photographic Times: 1895: July-December | src Photoseed
William B. Post :: Summer days, ca. 1895. Photogravure. The Photographic Times: 1895: July-December | src Photoseed
William B. Post :: Summer days, ca. 1895. Platinum print. | src MIA
William B. Post :: Summer days, ca. 1895. Platinum print. | src MIA (Minneapolis Institute of Art)

Letitia Felix by C.H. White

Clarence H. White (1871–1925) :: Letitia Felix holding her skirts, ca. 1897. Platinum print with graphite
Clarence H. White (1871–1925) :: Letitia Felix holding her skirts, ca. 1897. Platinum print with graphite. | src Princeton University Art Museum
Clarence H. White (1871–1925) :: Letitia Felix holding her skirts, ca. 1897. Platinum print with graphite. | src Princeton University Art Museum
Clarence H. White (1871–1925) :: Letitia Felix in woods [1/3], ca. 1895–1900. Platinum Print. | src Princeton University Art Museum
Clarence H. White (1871–1925) :: Letitia Felix in woods [1/3], ca. 1895–1900. Platinum Print. | src Princeton University Art Museum

Lady with kitten, Jugend, 1898

Adolf Münzer (München). Jugend: Münchner illustrierte Wochenschrift für Kunst und Leben, Mai 1898, III Jahrgang, Nr 20.
Adolf Münzer (München). Jugend: Münchner illustrierte Wochenschrift für Kunst und Leben, Mai 1898, III Jahrgang, Nr 20.
Adolf Münzer (München). Jugend: Münchner illustrierte Wochenschrift für Kunst und Leben, 1898, Nr 20. (detail)
Adolf Münzer (München). Jugend: Münchner illustrierte Wochenschrift für Kunst und Leben, 1898, Nr 20. (detail)

Jugend cover by Julie Wolfthorn

Julie Wolfthorn (Berlin) :: Titelblätter (Cover). Jugend. Münchner illustrierte Wochenschrift für Kunst und Leben. — G. Hirth’s Verlag in München & Leipzig. 3 September, 1898. Nr. 36, III. Jahrgang
Julie Wolfthorn (Berlin) :: Titelblätter (Cover). Jugend. Münchner illustrierte Wochenschrift für Kunst und Leben. — 1898 [detail]
Julie Wolfthorn (Berlin) :: Titelblätter (Cover). Jugend. Münchner illustrierte Wochenschrift für Kunst und Leben. — 1898 [detail]
Julie Wolfthorn (Berlin) :: Titelblätter (Cover). Jugend. Münchner illustrierte Wochenschrift für Kunst und Leben. — G. Hirth’s Verlag in München & Leipzig. 3 September, 1898. Nr. 36, III. Jahrgang
Julie Wolfthorn (Berlin) :: Titelblätter (Cover). Jugend. Münchner illustrierte Wochenschrift für Kunst und Leben. — G. Hirth’s Verlag in München & Leipzig. 3 September, 1898. Nr. 36, III. Jahrgang

Doe and fawns by Shiras

George Shiras, 3rd :: “A Doe and Twin Fawns” aka “Innocents Abroad” (taken 1896), printed 1916. Vintage photogravure published by the National Geographic Society, Washington, D.C. | src PhotoSeed
George Shiras, 3rd :: “A Doe and Twin Fawns” aka “Innocents Abroad” (taken 1896), printed 1916. Vintage photogravure published by the National Geographic Society, Washington, D.C. | src PhotoSeed
George Shiras, 3rd :: “A Doe and Twin Fawns” aka “Innocents Abroad” (taken 1896), printed 1916. Vintage photogravure published by the National Geographic Society, Washington, D.C. | src PhotoSeed

This groundbreaking photograph depicting three deer was taken at night in 1896 on one of the many lakes making up Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. It was eventually issued in 1916 as a large-format hand-pulled photogravure by the National Geographic Society, Washington, D.C. (it had previously appeared several times in the journal as a halftone-one a full-page gatefold). [quoted from PhotoSeed]

George Shiras, 3rd :: “A Doe and Twin Fawns” aka “Innocents Abroad” (taken 1896), printed 1916. Vintage photogravure published by the National Geographic Society, Washington, D.C. | src PhotoSeed
A Doe and Twin Fawns -also known as Innocents Abroad, would earn Shiras international acclaim and many important awards.

A pioneer of using flashlight photography to record wildlife in their natural environments at night, Shiras used the method of “Jacklighting”, a form of hunting using a fixed continuous light source mounted in the bow of a canoe to draw the attention of wildlife: in this case three deer, utilizing magnesium flash-powder to freeze the scene in-camera. His series of twelve midnight views, including A Doe and Twin Fawns -also known as Innocents Abroad, would earn Shiras international acclaim and many important awards.

A one-term Congressman for the state of Michigan, (his father George Shiras Sr. was a former Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court) he was also an important naturalist who helped placed migratory birds and fish under Federal control. (The eventual 1918 Migratory Bird Treaty Act had groundings in legislation Shiras introduced to Congress in 1903 as the first comprehensive migratory bird law not voted on.) For additional background, see article by Matthew Brower in the journal History of Photography, Summer, 2008: George Shiras and the Circulation of Wildlife Photography. [quoted from PhotoSeed]

George Shiras (III) :: A doe and her twin fawns feeding on a lake in northern Michigan, published 1935
George Shiras (III) :: A doe and her twin fawns feeding on a lake in northern Michigan, published 1935

A doe and her twin fawns feeding on a lake in northern Michigan. From: Hunting wild life with camera and flashlight : a record of sixty-five years’ visits to the woods and waters of North America. Volume I, National Geographic Society, 1935. | src Memorial University of Newfoundland

Psychiatrie-Patientin, 1890

Eine junge Psychiatrie-Patientin in einem ekstatischen Zustand, aufgenommen am 2. Januar 1890 in einer französischen Klinik. | Young woman in an ecstatic condition, France, ca. 1890. Image © adoc-photos Corbis via Spiegel
Eine junge Psychiatrie-Patientin in einem ekstatischen Zustand, aufgenommen am 2. Januar 1890 in einer französischen Klinik. | Young woman in an ecstatic condition, France, ca. 1890. Image © adoc-photos Corbis via Spiegel
Eine junge Psychiatrie-Patientin in einem ekstatischen Zustand, aufgenommen am 2. Januar 1890 in einer französischen Klinik. | Young woman in an ecstatic condition, France, ca. 1890. Image © adoc-photos Corbis via Spiegel Geschichte
Young woman in an ecstatic condition (France); ca. 1890. Image © adoc-photos Corbis via Getty Images
Young woman in an ecstatic condition (France); ca. 1890. Image © adoc-photos Corbis via Getty Images
A young psychiatric patient in an ecstatic state, photographed on January 2, 1890 in a French clinic. | Spiegel Geschichte
A young psychiatric patient in an ecstatic state, photographed on January 2, 1890 in a French clinic. | Spiegel Geschichte

Hypnotized: Some psychologists diagnosed at the end of the 19th century that specially women were at particular risk of infection from the “Wagner virus” because of their weaker nerves. His music can trigger hysteria or “inappropriate sexual arousal”. Quoted from article

Jugend magazine, Nov. 1898

Hans Christiansen :: Titelbild · Cover image. Jugend Magazin, 1898, Nr. 48. | src Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg
Hans Christiansen :: Cover image. Published in Jugend magazine, 1898, Nr. 48 (detail) | Heidelberg University Library
Hans Christiansen :: Cover image. Published in Jugend magazine, 1898, Nr. 48 (detail) | Heidelberg University Library
Hans Christiansen :: Titelbild · Cover image. Jugend Magazin, 1898, Nr. 48. | src Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg
Hans Christiansen :: Titelbild · Cover image. Jugend Magazin, 1898, Nr. 48. | src Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg
Hans Christiansen :: Titelbild · Cover image. Jugend Magazin, 1898, Nr. 48. | src Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg
Hans Christiansen :: Titelbild · Cover image. Jugend Magazin, 1898, Nr. 48. | src Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg