979 - Unknown (19th), Villingen am Brigach, Baden-Württemberg, around 1868, albumen paper print

Unknown (19th), Villingen am Brigach, Baden-Württemberg, around 1868, albumen paper print Unknown (19th century): Modern buildings in Villingen am Brigach, Baden-Württemberg, c. 1868, albumen paper print Technique: albumen paper print, mounted on Paper Inscription: Inscribed on the support: "Villingen 1868-1872". Date: c. 1868 Description: View of presumably public buildings built around the middle of the 19th century, standing between slender poplars on the Brigach. 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: Modern architecture; Black Forest-Baar district, 19th century, Historicism, Architecture, Germany, Size: Paper: 9,1 cm x 18,2 cm (3,6 x 7,2 in) Condition: Defective condition. Pale light damage in the centre. The entire picture shows soiling and stains.