Caption
Fan with a collage of portraits of unknown men and women, page, photomechanical print, inscription: 'Das Atelier des Photographen.', photographer: Carl Pietzner, Vienna, cliché maker: unknown, Leipzig, printer (person): Wilhelm Knapp, Halle an der Saale, c. 1895 - in or before 1900, printer (person), Lower Austria, Saxony-Anhalt, Saxony, paper, autotypie, height 115 mm x width 219 mm, historical persons, historical persons - BB - woman, fan, A semicircular decorative fan spread shows numerous portrait-style illustrations of people, mostly women and a few men, arranged among ornate floral and scrollwork designs, with a darker silhouetted handle and ribs at the bottom center featuring carved patterns and a central pivot; the figures display a variety of head-and-shoulder and three-quarter views, many wearing high-necked garments and formal attire, and some framed within small oval cartouches while others are integrated into flowing decorative motifs that include leaves and blossoms.
Credit line
Photo12/Liszt Collection
Reference
LZT26B09_238
License type
Rights managed
Available size
35.2Mb (6.1Mb) / 15.6in x 8.8in / 4683 x 2630 (300dpi)