Caption

Gänse rupfen, Plucking geese, page, photomechanical print, inscription: 'Berlin', monogram: 'BX', inscription: 'Photographische Mitteilungen XL', photographer: Hildegard Lehnert, cliché maker: unknown, c. 1898 - in or before 1903, paper, autotypie, height 128 mm x width 176 mm, geese (domestic waterbirds), A grainy black and white street scene shows a tall wall with a doorway partly covered by a half-open door and a small window above it, against which several people and piles of large wrapped bundles are arranged; on the left a seated figure wears a wide-brimmed hat and sits beside sacks and a basket, near a person bent over the bundles, while toward the center two seated women are positioned on simple stools with one facing forward and the other turned slightly, and on the right a standing woman wearing a long skirt and a coat with a hood or head covering holds a bundled child against her chest.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B04_308

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34.7Mb (6.9Mb) / 13.6in x 9.9in / 4086 x 2966 (300dpi)

Keywords

Gänse rupfen Plucking geese page photomechanical print inscription Berlin monogram Bx Photographische Mitteilungen XL photographer Hildegard Lehnert cliché maker unknown c 1898 - 1903 paper autotypie height 128 mm x width 176 mm geese domestic waterbirds grainy black white street scene tall wall doorway partly covered half-open door small window several people piles large wrapped bundles arranged left seated figure wears wide-brimmed hat sits beside sacks basket near person bent center two seated women positioned simple stools facing forward turned slightly right standing woman wearing long skirt coat hood head covering holds bundled child chest