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Adolphe Braun

Zermatt-Schwarzsee Region: Gorner and Breithorn Glacier, ca. 1875

Description

Maker

  • Adolphe Braun, 1811-1877, French

Title

Zermatt-Schwarzsee Region: Gorner and Breithorn Glacier

Year

ca. 1875

Medium

Carbon print from glass negative

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • pigment

Dimensions

Sheet: 41.3 x 50.2 cm (16 1/4 x 19 3/4 inches)

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Photographs

Credit

Gift of Christian Kempf

Object Number

1997.15

Projects & Publications

Publications

Image and Enterprise

The Photographs of Adolphe Braun

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Early Exposures

March 13 - July 19, 2015

After 1850, Adolphe Braun led a successful photographic firm that specialized in topographical views and reproductions of works of art. European scenic photography developed in relation to the commerce of mass tourism, encouraged by railroads, which exposed once-isolated regions and created a new class of travel consumer. Braun’s views of Alpine glaciers and Alsatian architecture both satisfied the demand for tourist souvenirs and provided a substitute for real travel. Prized for their precision and thus their seeming truthfulness, Braun’s conventional views functioned to some extent like today’s picture postcards.

Image and Enterprise

February 4 - April 22, 2000

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in the public domain (CC0 1.0). This object is Zermatt-Schwarzsee Region: Gorner and Breithorn Glacier with the accession number of 1997.15. To request high-resolution files or new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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