Théâtre de la Guerre 1870-1871. Photographer(s): Braun, Jean Adolphe
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Quarter bound album, red buckram boards, with coat of arms in gilt on front and back covers (British Museum binding), measuring 385 x 312 mm, and containing 15 albumen print views of scenes relating to the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71. The prints are mounted on green-tinted card, each folio pr...
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View looking over the rooftops of the town and along the valley, with the railway line in the foreground. A considerably faded print.
Bitsche, la Citadelle. Photographer: Braun, Jean Adolphe
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Genre: War Photography View of shattered buildings in the fort overlooking the town of Bitche, with four soldiers posed beside the gun in the foreground.