948 - FRATELLI ALINARI (19th) Circle, View of Christiania, Oslo, around 1880, albumen paper print

FRATELLI ALINARI (19th) Circle, View of Christiania, Oslo, around 1880, albumen paper print Fratelli Alinari (19th century) Circle: Norway: View of Christiania, Oslo, c. 1880, albumen paper print Technique: albumen paper print, mounted on Cardboard Date: c. 1880 Description: Rare Norway photograph showing the Norwegian capital Oslo, which was called Christiania from 1624 to 1924. Three men in hats can be seen in the foreground behind the wooden fence, facing directly towards the viewer. Original photograph with high sharpness of detail. An early example of travel photography. Around the middle of the 19th century, more and more tourists from bourgeois circles travelled around Europe. At that time, photographs could only be taken at great expense in terms of time and with expensive, unwieldy equipment. This made many tourists all the more grateful for the work of the professional photographer's studios on site, so that they could bring back a souvenir from their holiday home or collect them as mementos. The photographers photographed the most famous sights in their home towns and cities and travelled themselves to photograph their customers' favourite destinations 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 the art treasures and making them accessible to scholars from all over Europe, who previously had to rely on copies or engravings if they were unable to view the original themselves. Keywords: 19th century, Historicism, Nature, Norway, Oslo (Oslo), Size: Cardboard: 31,0 cm x 36,9 cm (12,2 x 14,5 in), Depiction: 12,8 cm x 17,5 cm (5 x 6,9 in) Condition: Rather good condition. The image makes a good impression. Upper left corner with brownish stain, partially covered with white colour; slight rubbing on the right in the area of the sky. The cardboard is slightly wavy.