954 - FRATELLI ALINARI (19th) Circle, Gothenburg: Harbor, Södra Hamngatan, around 1880, albumen paper pri

FRATELLI ALINARI (19th) Circle, Gothenburg: Harbor, Södra Hamngatan, around 1880, albumen paper pri Fratelli Alinari (19th century) Circle: Two photographs of Sweden: "Gothenburg harbour" and "Södra Hamngatan in Gothenburg, c. 1880, albumen paper print Technique: albumen paper print, mounted on Cardboard Date: c. 1880 Description: Rare and particularly attractive Swedish photographs with horse-drawn carriage and staffage on the bridge and road. Original photography 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 traveled 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 traveled themselves to photograph their customers' favorite destinations and offer them as albumen prints. Ancient art treasures were also photographed and offered to travelers. 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: 19th century, Historicism, Architecture, Sweden, Size: Cardboard: 37,0 cm x 31,0 cm (14,6 x 12,2 in), additional specification: upper photograph: 9.8 x 14.7 cm, lower photograph: 9.8 x 15 cm Condition: Good condition. The image makes a very good impression. 1st photograph: slight irregularity in the paper at top right; 2nd photograph: age-related foxing in the area of the sky. The cardboard is slightly wavy.