A. FAUCHERY (1823-1861) et R. DAINTREE (1832-... Lot n° 16

Antoine Fauchery (1823 - 1861) and Richard Daintree (1832 - 1878) Australia / Melbourne and Franklinford, Victoria (?) "Civilised Blacks. Parker's Protectorate Mont Franklyn" Aboriginals farmers Circa 1858 / 63 Printed on albumen paper. Original of the time Dimensions: 151 x 195 mm (cut in the superiors angles) Handwritten legend in black ink at the bottom of the mounting sheet Comment : Antoine Fauchery (French) and Richard Daintree (English) arrived in Australia in 1852 and 1853 to strike it rich in the gold mines. But they were not successful and it is in 1857 that they planned together to realize what will be the first work of documentation about the life of the colonists and the local population in Australia at the end 1850s, for the general public.  Thus was born the series of photographs "Sun Pictures of Victoria". It is composed with 50 prints on albumen paper with the collodion plate process, the most advanced photographic technique of this time. The complete set comes in the form of an album of which 12 prints represent the native of the state of Victoria dressed in both their traditional costumes and Western clothing, thus reporting the effects of colonization. The rest of the album was completed with shots of the state of Victoria, Melbourne's booming streets and mining.  The Victoria State Library in Melbourne retains the complete set of 12 photographs of Aborigines and the British Museum of London has only a few prints.<