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an old photo of a group of men and women posing for a picturetwo pictures of a boat in the water and a boat in the wateran old photo of a man sitting in front of a pianoan old book with a red cover and black writing on itseveral old black and white photos of people in a fieldan old photo of a ship in the water and a picture of a boat in the waterseveral old photos of people standing in front of a bridgeseveral old photos of people standing in front of a body of watertwo old black and white photos of a building and a parkan old photo of a group of people standing in front of a buildingtwo old black and white photos of a city and a riverseveral old photos of people sitting on a bench in front of a buildingtwo old photos of a baby laying on a boat in a rivertwo old black and white photos of a boat on a body of wateran old photo of a couple of men sitting on a benchan old black and white photo of a woman in a nun ' s robesan old black and white photo of a city with a lot of carstwo black and white photos of a mountain and a riveran old picture of a building with a clock tower and a clock towerseveral old black and white photos of a group of people in front of a buildingtwo pictures of a view of a city and a riveran old photo of a book with pictures of a house in itan old photo of a large building with a lot of windowstwo old black and white photos of a house and a buildingseveral old photos of a group of people working in a factoryan old photo of a couple of people sitting on a benchseveral old black and white photos of people sitting on a benchtwo old black and white photos of a river and a bridgean old photo of a group of people standing in front of a building
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[Photographs] A French magistrate in Cochinchina, 1890s Fake album, 33 x 25 cm, containing nearly 93 photographic prints on paper, in large and small formats, mounted on card, mostly captioned, documenting the travels and life in Cochinchina of a French magistrate, circa 1890. This is likely to be Louis Antonin Isnard (1857–1907), who was appointed presiding judge at the court of Chau-Doc (Vietnam) in 1890. This rare photographic collection combines both large-format photographs purchased commercially during his travels (Egypt, Sri Lanka, Yemen, Saigon (barracks, water tower, cathedral, harbour, governor’s palace, tombs, courthouse), Annamite executioners by Dr Hocquard), with a particular focus on personal and previously unpublished photographs of his daily life in Cochinchina, in the Chau-Doc and My-Thô areas—the provincial capitals of Annam—including: Portrait in magistrate’s robes – The Vinh Long, a steamship – Group in front of the Chau-Doc court – An Annamite interpreter and his wife – The village of Tinh-Bien and the Hatien Canal [Vinh Tê Canal, southern Vietnam] - Annamite interpreters at the court in Chau-Doc – Staff at the inspectorate (Chau-Doc, 1890) – Annamite pagoda in Chau-Doc – Court in Chau-Doc – Artillery guard’s house (Chau-Doc) - Inspectorate offices and secretaries’ accommodation (Chau-Doc) - At 6 o’clock at the Chinese café, Vinh Long (Beutré) - The bow of the Phuoc Kien, 1st class [steam boat] - Bac-Lieu Town Hall - Opium den - One afternoon, a game of Ba-quau - Vinh Long Fort - Regattas in Chau-Doc: canoes manned by women - Elephants of Chau-Doc - Inland canal in Chau-Doc - Notables of Chau-Doc - Village of Sivea-Tou - Annamite servants - Cambodian monks in their robes preparing to fetch rice - Cong Tlang Luong Chu, a prominent figure in Chau-Doc - Kampol market (Cambodia) – Annamites playing Ba-quau – Buddha at the Bieh-Tri pagoda – Grocer and coffee shop owner Quau-Lai and his servants – Cambodians under a jackfruit tree - A large tomb on the mountain at Chau-Doc - Troops embarking for Laos at My-Thô - Cockfighting - The jetty at My-Thô
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Auction time 10/08/2026 at 2:00 PM
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