Gabelhorn and the Schwarzsee. Photographer: Braun, Jean Adolphe
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking across the frozen lake towards the peak of the Gabelhorn, with three figures posed on the snowfield beyond the lake. The upper part of the mountain is partly swathed in clouds (possibly added later for pictorial effect).
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View looking down onto a market garden, with houses beyond and mountains in the background. With a church on the left.
Genre: Landscape Photography A richly-toned carbon print in black pigment. Winter scene looking along the bank of the River Aar at Interlaken, towards peaks rising in the distance. The mountains appear to have been the subject of some retouching.
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View looking towards the Cathedral, more distant than in print 10a and showing more of the houses on the hillside in the foreground.
Genre: Landscape Photography Carbon print in black pigment. View looking along the Lauterbrunnen Valley (Lauterbrunnental), with the Staubbach Falls cascading over the precipice in the right foreground.