985 - F. WÜRTHLE (1820-1902), Details of Hohensalzburg Fortress, around 1900, albumen paper print

F. WÜRTHLE (1820-1902), Details of Hohensalzburg Fortress, around 1900, albumen paper print Friedrich Würthle (1820 Constance - 1902 Salzburg): Details of Hohensalzburg Fortress and Siegmund Gate, c. 1900, albumen paper print Technique: albumen paper print, mounted on Cardboard Stamp: In the middle dummy stamp, Würthle und Sohn. Salzburg. 20th century, 19th century Inscription: Inscribed in the printing plate: "3013. Festung Hohen-Salzburg / 37. Neuthor, Aussenseite / 3012. Festung [Hohen-Salzburg]". Date: c. 1900 Description: Three individual photographs from the Würthle Photographic Studio, Salzburg, mounted on common cardboard. Original photography with high sharpness of detail. An early testimony of travel photography. Around the middle of the 19th century, more and more tourists from bourgeois circles travelled in Europe. At that time, photographs could only be taken with a great deal of time and expensive, unwieldy equipment. This made many tourists all the more grateful for the work of the professional photographer's studios on site to bring back a souvenir from afar for those who stayed at home or to collect as souvenirs. The photographers photographed the most famous sights of their hometowns and went on trips themselves to photograph the most popular destinations of their clients and offer them as albumen prints. Ancient art treasures were also photographed and offered to travellers. The high-quality photographs of sculptures and frescoes continued to make an important contribution to documenting art treasures and making them accessible to scholars from all over Europe, who previously had to rely on tracings or engravings if they could not view the original for themselves. Keywords: Travel photography; Souvenir; Veduta; View; Architectural photography; Fortress Hohensalzburg; Salzach; Residence; Road tunnel; Siegmundstor; Neutor; Portal; Gothic; Oven; Fireplace; Interior, 20th century, Historicism, Architecture, Austria, Salzburg, Size: Cardboard: 27,0 cm x 34,0 cm (10,6 x 13,4 in), additional specification: Sizes from left to right: 15.1 x 10 cm; 15 x 10.3 cm; 14.9 x 10 cm Condition: Challenging condition. Photography and backing clearly wavy. Along the edges partly brown stains and light impact marks. Isolated small retouchings of the photographic plate visible. Right photograph with rough damage to the lower right corner and brown stains all over.