Los 4077

Papua New Guinea
Images of indigenous people and landscapes of Papua New Guinea

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Fotografie des 19. – 21. Jahrhunderts (Katalog nur online verfügbar)
Auktionsdatum 28.11.2026

Photographer: John William Lindt (1845-1926). Images of indigenous people and landscapes of Papua New Guinea. 1885. 12 albumen prints, mounted to gilt-edged black boards. Each circa 15 x 20,5 cm (mounts 17,5 x 27 cm) and reverse.

In 1885, photographer John William Lindt accompanied Sir Peter Scratchley's expedition to the newly proclaimed Protectorate of British New Guinea. In 1887 he published fifty photographs from the expedition in his book Picturesque New Guinea. The expedition, led by Scratchley, set out one year after Britain annexed the territory. Lindt had wanted to visit the island of New Guinea since first sighting it on the horizon during a visit to the Torres Strait in 1868. On arrival, Lindt immediately sought opportunities to take photographs. His photographic work was facilitated by the Commissioner and the resident missionaries. William George Lawes (1839-1907) had established the London Missionary Society in New Guinea in 1874. An inland excursion was undertaken, guided by a government officer, and one of the locations visited was the village of Kalo.
For other photographs by J.W. Lindt see lots 4007-4010.

Provenienz: By descent to the current owner.