View of Metz, Total view of Fort Steinmetz, Metz and Seine Umgebung, photograph, page, number: '1.', photographer: C. Holt, Metz, publisher: Verlag der Deutschen Buchhandlung, c. 1865 - in or before 1875, paper, albumen print, albumendruk, height 99 mm x width 141 mm, Photo opposite title page., city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions, A sepia-toned panoramic view framed by decorative borders shows a townscape with a large multi-story building in the foreground featuring a row of arched openings on the ground level and dormer windows on a sloped roof, set behind a fortified wall with an arched gateway. Behind this complex are rows of trees and additional buildings with varied roofs and architectural shapes, and further back a dense cluster of houses and taller structures including a cathedral-like building with towers and steep vertical elements. Hills rise faintly in the distant background under a pale sky, and the entire scene has an aged, antique photograph appearance.
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View of Metz, Total view of Fort Steinmetz, Metz and Seine Umgebung, photograph, page, number: '1.', photographer: C. Holt, Metz, publisher: Verlag der Deutschen Buchhandlung, c. 1865 - in or before 1875, paper, albumen print, albumendruk, height 99 mm x width 141 mm, Photo opposite title page., city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions, A sepia-toned panoramic view framed by decorative borders shows a townscape with a large multi-story building in the foreground featuring a row of arched openings on the ground level and dormer windows on a sloped roof, set behind a fortified wall with an arched gateway. Behind this complex are rows of trees and additional buildings with varied roofs and architectural shapes, and further back a dense cluster of houses and taller structures including a cathedral-like building with towers and steep vertical elements. Hills rise faintly in the distant background under a pale sky, and the entire scene has an aged, antique photograph appearance.

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View Metz Total view Fort Steinmetz Seine Umgebung photograph page number 1 photographer C Holt publisher Verlag der Deutschen Buchhandlung c 1865 - 1875 paper albumen print albumendruk height 99 mm x width 141 mm Photo opposite title page city-view landscape man- constructions sepia-toned panoramic view framed decorative borders townscape large multi-story building foreground featuring row arched openings ground level dormer windows sloped roof set fortified wall arched gateway complex rows trees additional buildings varied roofs architectural shapes further back dense cluster houses taller structures cathedral- building towers steep vertical elements Hills rise faintly distant background under pale sky entire scene aged antique photograph appearance

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