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THBPhotographs of Bell Ringers, Including the Royal Hand-Bell Ringers of London
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About Auction
LiveJun 22, 2018
Cowan’s American History: Premier Auction, scheduled for June 22, 2018 is comprised of early photographs, documents, manuscripts, broadsides, flags, and more dating from the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, Late Indian Wars, World War I and II and beyond. Cowan's Auctions dawnie@cowans.com
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Lot of 9, including the following cabinet cards: photographic collage of bell ringers and performers, with large text at bottom reading, "Ellis Family, Bell Ringers, Vocalists & Instrumentalists"; all-male group of hand-bell ringers, standing together in front of a scenic backdrop, credited to J. Caddick, Wolverhampton, England; old, bearded man holding a mallet in front of a group of hand-bells hanging from a rod between two chairs, credited on mount to F. Gowing, Nayland, England.
Three photographs featuring the "Royal Hand-Bell Ringers" of London, including one cabinet card, credited on verso to H. P. Robinson, Tunbridge Wells, England, with information about the group and its performances on verso; and two CDVs, one credited to the London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company, and both with information about the group and performances on verso.
Accompanied by three CDVs featuring mixed male and female groups of hand-bell ringers, one credited on verso to Wrighton Brothers, Birmingham, England; one credited on verso to Bliven's, Elmore, Ohio (ink inscription with date, "1878" scattered across verso); and one with subjects identified on verso as "The Celebrated Peak Family, Vocalists, Harpists, Cornetists, Staff Bell Soloists, and Silver Cornet Band," established in 1839.
Steve Roden Collection: Music in Vernacular Photographs
Lots 269 - 279 represent a selection of images from the Steve Roden Collection of photographs related to music, sound, and listening, many of which are illustrated in the book,...i listen to the wind that obliterates my traces: music in vernacular photographs, 1880-1955, published by Steve Roden, 2011.
Provenance: Steve Roden Collection: Music in Vernacular PhotographsPhotographs in varying conditions. Cabinet card of Royal Hand-Bell Ringers with edge loss to mount; Caddick cabinet card with a faint abrasion extending vertically to the left side and some paper loss to mount; other cabinet cards with small bits of paper loss to mounts; most photographs with some toning and discoloration.Condition
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