Napper, R.P.

Views in Andalusia photographed by R.P. Napper. No place: no date



Folio (555 x 425mm.), 44 photographic plates by R.P. Napper, each mounted on thick paper, contents leaf (530 x 363mm.) bearing title as above loosely inserted, original green half morocco with title on upper cover, gilt edges, occasional slight spotting or dampstaining, binding worn

a photographic work of the utmost rarity, unrecorded in the major british libraries.

Napper was an Englishman and member of the Amateur Photographic Association, exhibiting in 1860 and 1864. His only work recorded in British libraries is Views in Wales. The Vale of Neath [1864], which we can trace to just 2 libraries - The British Library and Cambridge University.

The photographs in this collection measure on average 200 by 260mm. and depict the Moorish architecture, general views, peasants, etc. of the area.

The photographs are as follows (our numbers) - 1. The Golden Tower, Seville; 2. H.R.H. the Duke of Montpensier's Palace; 3. Ibid. (The "Salon de Columnas''); 4. Gibraltar Town, looking towards Spain; 5. The Alhambra - Granada; 6. Group of Smugglers - Gibraltar; 7. The Alcazar, from the Hall of the Ambassadors - Seville; 8. Panorama of Seville Cavalry Barracks, etc.; 9. Granada, and Mountains of the "Sierra Nevada''; 10. The Cathedral - Seville; 11. Gibraltar, looking towards the African Coast; 12. The Alhambra, from the Generalife - Grenada; 13. Entrance to the Palace of H.R.H. the Duke of Montpensier; 14. The Alcazar. Door to the Emperor Charles the Fifth's Saloon; 15. Statue of Ferdinand the Seventh of Spain; 16. The Generalife - an Old Moorish Palace - Granada; 17. Rock of Gibraltar; 18. Shepherd Boy - Andalusian; 19. Entrance to the Alcazar - Seville; 20. Court of Lions, Alhambra - Granada; 21. The Guildhall - Seville; 22. Bridge at the Alhambra - Granada; 23. The Cathedral - Seville; 24. Gardens of H.R.H. the Duke of Montpensier; 25. Interior of a Private Dwelling-House - Seville; 26. Group of Gipseys - Andalusian; 27 Granada - Gipsey Quarters; 28. Square of San Francisco - Seville; 29. Farm Servants - Andalusia; 30. Gardens at the Alcazar - Seville; 31. Cathedral Door - Seville; 32. Ibid.; 33. Santa Paula Church - Seville; 34. Granada - General View; 35. Pontius Pilate's House - Seville; 36. Door of the Ambassadors' Hall, at the Alcazar - Seville; 37. Old Moorish Door of the Cathedral - Seville; 38. Seville - Golden Tower, etc.; 39. Farm Servant - Andalusia; 40. Old Man - Andalusian Farmer; 41. South Door of Cathedral - Seville; 42. The Alcazar, Seville - Throne of the Moorish Kings; 43. Grove of Palms at the Gardens of the Palace of San Telmo; 44. Andalusian, in "Majo'' Dress.