CDV Album of 30 images of Pacific Islanders
Photographers include: Allan Hughan, Noumea, Nouvelle Caledonie (12); Edward Dufty, Noumea, Nouvelle Caledonie (2); W[alter] Dufty & Co., Noumea, New Caledonie (3); Dufty Bros., Levuka, Fiji (1); S. Hoare, Papeete, Tahita (1); penciled notations indicating by Photographie Hagen, Noumea, Nouvelle Caledonie (3) & anonymous (8).
British-born Australian photographer Allan Hughan was the first licensed photographer in Noumea, New Caledonia. He was the Captain of the ship ‘Pilot’ and was shipwrecked in New Caledonia in March 1870 and he established his studio in 1871, operating until 1883. He is known for documenting the life of the Kanak people.
Edward Henry Dufty (b. 1850), the son of Bath photographer Francis Dufty and his wife Martha (née Stow), left England for Australia in 1865 with his elder brother Francis (Frank) Herbert. Francis, Sr., who was originally a carver and gilder, emigrated with his son Alfred William in 1868. In April 1871, the remaining members of the Dufty family, including Walter Frederick (b. 1852), arrived in Melbourne. Edward operated as a travelling photographer in Victoria and also toured to Noumea, New Caledonia, where he and Walter set up a portrait studio, while brothers Frank and Alfred established themselves in Fiji in 1871. Their focus was on portraiture, including portraits of Kanak people.
The album measures 6” x 5” and is housed in a box. All of the CDVs are shown above outside of the album, front and back, and then as they are in the album. Most of the images are in VG condition with only a few with condition issues. There is one image of a man with a leg affected by lymphatic Filariasis (Elephantiasis).
$9500