[Group of Eight Handsome Professional Photographs of Jamaica]

[Kingston: A. Duperly & Sons, 1910. About very good.. Eight glossy sepia-toned photographs, each approximately 6 x 9 inches; matted to 14 x 16 inches. Some creasing and wear, more pronounced on a handful of images. Minor soiling, minimal fading, crisp images. A nice group of photographs from the noted Kingston studio of A. Duperly and Sons, initially established by patriarch Adolphe Duperly in the 1840s. The images here show local life and scenery, including a view of the rebuilt King Street following the 1907 earthquake; local women with baskets perched atop their heads; a man carrying bananas; and several images featuring locals at bends in a river, notably one that shows a dapper Black man seated by a stream beneath some palm trees, his hat resting on his upturned knee. A wonderful representation of the work accomplished by the Duperly studio after it was rebuilt following the Kingston Earthquake of 1907.