966 - Unknown (19th), Windows of Ulrichsburg Castle, Ribeauville, around 1880, albumen paper print

Unknown (19th), Windows of Ulrichsburg Castle, Ribeauville, around 1880, albumen paper print Unknown (19th century): Window of the Ulrichsburg, Ribeauville Staufer twin windows of the Rappoltsweiler ruins in Alsace, c. 1880, albumen paper print Technique: albumen paper print, mounted on Cardboard Date: c. 1880 Description: View of a row of windows with round arches of the medieval Ulrichsburg castle near Ribeauville/Rappoltsweiler in Alsace. 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 of 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: Staufer; Middle Ages; Staufisch; twin windows; ruin; Alsace; building; Romanesque, 19th century, Historicism, Architecture, France, Ribeauville (Rapportsweiler) (Grand Est), Size: Cardboard: 12,7 cm x 17,7 cm (5 x 7 in) Condition: Rather good condition. Slight light damage visible on the side edges. There are two short tears in the lower left margin, which have been fixed on the reverse with adhesive tape. The lower left corner of the sheet is folded diagonally. A faint crease can be seen in the centre left. The corners of the sheet are slightly bumped. The paper curls up slightly.