Metz und seine Umgebung, book, 1875, textile materials, pasteboard, paper, linen (material), albumen print, color on cut, height 210 mm x width 160 mm x thickness 20 mm, A sepia-toned photograph centered within a decorative border shows a panoramic urban scene with a large multi-story building in the foreground featuring a long row of arches along its ground level and steeply pitched roofs with small dormer windows, adjacent to another rectangular building with a sloped roof and small windows. A fortified wall with an arched gateway runs beneath these buildings, and open ground with scattered low structures and a small circular roofed feature lies in front. Behind the foreground complex, rows of trees and varied residential and institutional buildings fill the middle distance, with a prominent cathedral-like structure rising above the city skyline to the left and additional church towers visible toward the right, all set against hazy rolling hills in the background. The image is framed...
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Metz und seine Umgebung, book, 1875, textile materials, pasteboard, paper, linen (material), albumen print, color on cut, height 210 mm x width 160 mm x thickness 20 mm, A sepia-toned photograph centered within a decorative border shows a panoramic urban scene with a large multi-story building in the foreground featuring a long row of arches along its ground level and steeply pitched roofs with small dormer windows, adjacent to another rectangular building with a sloped roof and small windows. A fortified wall with an arched gateway runs beneath these buildings, and open ground with scattered low structures and a small circular roofed feature lies in front. Behind the foreground complex, rows of trees and varied residential and institutional buildings fill the middle distance, with a prominent cathedral-like structure rising above the city skyline to the left and additional church towers visible toward the right, all set against hazy rolling hills in the background. The image is framed by an ornate printed border with corner embellishments and a pale margin surrounding the photograph.

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Metz und seine Umgebung book 1875 textile materials pasteboard paper linen material albumen print color cut height 210 mm x width 160 mm x thickness 20 mm sepia-toned photograph centered within decorative border panoramic urban scene large multi-story building foreground featuring long row arches ground level steeply pitched roofs small dormer windows adjacent another rectangular building sloped roof small windows fortified wall arched gateway runs beneath buildings open ground scattered low structures small circular roofed feature lies front foreground complex rows trees varied residential institutional buildings fill middle distance prominent cathedral- structure rising city skyline left additional church towers visible right set hazy rolling hills background image framed ornate printed border corner embellishments pale margin surrounding photograph

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