August 2021 Catalogue

Jackie Kennedy Walking Along The Georgetown Canal 30. (KENNEDY, Jacqueline) SHAW,Mark. Gelatin silver print. New York, 1963. Black-and-white photographic print, measuring 13-1/2 by 9 inches; handsomely matted and framed, entire piece measures 22 by 18 inches. $6800. Vintage photographic print depicting Jackie Kennedy walking along the Georgetown canal. Bears Shaw’s own studio stamp and “Private Print” on verso. Photographed during the last weeks before the presidential election in 1959, this image was evidently printed by photographer Mark Shaw in 1963, most likely in preparation for his book, The John F. Kennedys . The gelatin silver print shows Jackie on one of her regular late morning walks along the Georgetown canal, after JFK had left for the Senate Office Building. As Shaw died unexpectedly in 1969 at the age of 47, Kennedy prints bearing his studio stamps are quite rare. Shaw studio stamp dated 1963 and “Private Print” stamp on verso. Red and black pencil and pen labeling and measurements on verso. Fine condition. The Kennedys In Front Of Their Georgetown Home 31. (KENNEDY, John F. and Jacqueline) SHAW, Mark. Gelatin silver print. New York, 1963. Black- and-white photographic print, measuring 13 by 9 inches; handsomely matted and framed, entire piece measures 22 by 18 inches. $6800. Vintage photographic print, taken in front of the Kennedys’ Georgetown home, depicting John Kennedy lifting a toddler-age Caroline into the air while Jackie watches. Bears Shaw’s own studio stamp on verso. In 1964, the year after this print was produced, the image appeared as a half-tone in The John F. Kennedys , a photobook that Shaw compiled just after JFK’s assassination for Farrar, Straus as a tribute to the family Shaw had grown to love. As Shaw died unexpectedly in 1969 at the age of 47. Shaw studio stamp dated 1963 stamp on verso. Red and black pencil labeling on verso. Fine condition. Pocket-Map Of The Comstock Lode, 1875 32. LASALLE, E.B. Map of Virginia City and the Comstock Lode, State of Nevada… compiled and drawnby Edw. B. Lasalle, Topog. Engineer. San Francisco, 1875. Original foldingmapmeasures 17-1/2 by 29-1/2 inches, framed with original green cloth binding. $4800. Pocket-sized folding map of the famous Comstock Lode in Nevada, identifying existing claims by name and location, published around the time of the “Big Bonanza” discoveries. The discovery of gold and silver in the western Utah Territory (now Nevada) in the 1850s proved to be one of the most significant sources of precious metals in American history. In 1850, gold was discovered by a company of Mormon emigrants, in what is known as Gold Canyon. In 1857, more gold was found in Six-Mile Canyon, which is about five miles north of Gold Canyon. Both of these canyons are on what is now known as the Comstock Lode. The map has handwritten notes across the section closest to Virginia City, noting the numbers from the list near the respective claims. Contemporary owner signature. Light expert cleaning and restoration to map, the lightest soiling to fold lines still present. Beautifully framed. F r a m e d ! 2 0 2 1 B a u m a n R a r e B o o k s 27 26