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(NEW ENGLAND)
A lovely album with 44 rich, crisp cyanotypes of Vermont, New Hampshire, and the Connecticut
River, including Rudyard Kipling’s homestead in Vermont, forested landscapes, several scenes of
Chester (including two views of a visit from President McKinley), views of Brattleboro, two scenes
depicting “Spanish prisoners” on Seavey’s Island in New Hampshire, picturesque views of stately
homes, some studies of children and family groups, the Isle of Shoals (also in New Hampshire), and
a winter landscape scene including a train and its plume of smoke. Cyanotypes, 18 are circular with
a diameter of 3
1
/
4
inches (8.3 cm.), and the rest 3
1
/
2
x4
1
/
2
inches (8.9x11.4 cm.), and smaller, and the
reverse, each with a carefully written caption, in pencil, on mount recto. Oblong 16mo, gilt-lettered
cloth, slightly soiled. 1897-1898
[1,000/1,500]
Only one of the images of President McKinely in Chester is dated (1897). However, the image depicting
the Spanish prisoners on Seavey’s Island must date to the following year. They were likely the
approximately 1600 men captured from the armored cruiser Cristobal Colon during the Battle of
Santiago de Cuba (July 1898) in the short-lived Spanish AmericanWar.
