955 - FRATELLI ALINARI (19th) Circle, Sweden: The Castle and the North Bridge, around 1880, albumen print

FRATELLI ALINARI (19th) Circle, Sweden: The Castle and the North Bridge, around 1880, albumen print Fratelli Alinari (19th century) Circle: Two photographs of Sweden: "The Royal Palace in Stockholm" and "The North Bridge in Stockholm," c. 1880, albumen paper print Technique: albumen paper print, mounted on cardboard Date: c. 1880 Description: Rare and particularly charming photographs of Sweden, capturing not only the country’s famous buildings but also a lively street with carriages, women with parasols, and men in top hats. Original photographs with high-detail sharpness. An early example of travel photography. Around the middle of the 19th century, more and more tourists from the bourgeoisie traveled throughout Europe. At that time, taking photographs required a great deal of time and involved expensive, cumbersome equipment. This made many tourists all the more grateful for the services of professional photography studios on site, allowing them to bring back a souvenir from their vacation or collect them as mementos. Photographers captured the most famous sights in their hometowns and cities and traveled themselves to photograph their customers’ favorite destinations, offering these images as albumen prints. Ancient art treasures were also photographed and made available to travelers. The high-quality photographs of sculptures and frescoes continued to make an important contribution to documenting these 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 originals 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: 9.7 x 15.2 cm, lower photograph: 10 x 15.3 cm Condition: Good condition. The image is in very good condition. Second photograph: foxing due to age, rubbed at the upper left edge; second photograph: slight irregularity in the paper at the upper right. The cardboard is slightly wavy.