Caption

Skaters in Christiania, Christiania Sköiteklub, photograph, Part of an English family album with photos of people, travel, cricket and artworks., date: '1865', 1865, photographer, paper, albumen print, height 138 mm x width 201 mm, skates (winter sports), prospect of village, silhouette of village, Christiania, A wide, faded black-and-white scene shows a frozen expanse with many small dark figures gathered across the middle ground, some standing and some clustered in groups, while a few individuals sit on sled-like objects on the ice; buildings and low hills form a distant hazy background under a pale sky, and the image is framed by an oval vignette and surrounded by a light margin.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A80_240

License type

Rights managed

Available size

46.9Mb (6.9Mb) / 16.1in x 11.3in / 4837 x 3392 (300dpi)

Keywords

Skaters Christiania Christiania Sköiteklub photograph Part English family album photos people travel cricket artworks date 1865 photographer paper albumen print height 138 mm x width 201 mm skates winter sports prospect village silhouette wide faded black- -white scene frozen expanse small dark figures gathered across middle ground standing clustered groups individuals sit sled- objects ice buildings low hills form distant hazy background under pale sky image framed oval vignette surrounded light margin