Lot 11: - George Wilson Bridges (1788 - 1863) , Two Harbour Views, late 1840s

Two calotype negatives, one identified as the Fort St. Anjelo (sic) in Malta on its attached cover sheet in ink. The other bears an illegible inscription in pencil on the reverse. Quantity: 2

measurements note each approx. 18 x 22 cm (7 x 9 in.)

Bridges' Mediterranean tour was partly arranged to follow the ships of his son, William, serving in the Royal Navy. It was from Malta that Bridges set out in 1846, and in Malta that Calvert Richard Jones (at the recommendation of Fox Talbot) instructed Bridges in the calotype process, so any of his views of Malta could be among the earliest images he made.