985 - Unknown (20th), St Apollinaris Church near Remagen, 1903, albumen paper print

Unknown (20th), St Apollinaris Church near Remagen, 1903, albumen paper print Unknown (20th century): View of the neo-Gothic Apollinaris Church near Remagen, 1903, albumen paper print Technique: albumen paper print Inscription: Inscribed and numbered below on the glass plate. Date: 1903 Description: Beautiful view of the neo-Gothic Apollinaris Church in Remagen, built between 1839 and 1843 by the Cologne cathedral architect Ernst Friedrich Zwirner. The photograph shows the situation as seen from the street around 1903. Original photograph with high detail sharpness. An early testimony to 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 had previously had to rely on copies or engravings if they were unable to view the original themselves. Keywords: 20th century, Historicism, Architecture, Germany, Size: Paper: 20,0 cm x 24,2 cm (7,9 x 9,5 in) Condition: Good condition. Slightly soiled in places. There is slight light damage along the edges. The corners of the sheet are minimally bumped.