Lot Essay
The old cathedral in Berlin was built in 1817 by Karl Friedrich Schinkel. It was later altered and rebuilt between 1894 and 1905.
Details
T. SCHNEIDER & SONS
'Der Dom in....Berlin' [The old Cathedral in Berlin], circa 1859
Stereoscopic daguerreotype, lightly hand-tinted, titled in ink on verso (part obscured where backing card torn behind right image), gilt-painted black glass mount, paper-taped.
'Der Dom in....Berlin' [The old Cathedral in Berlin], circa 1859
Stereoscopic daguerreotype, lightly hand-tinted, titled in ink on verso (part obscured where backing card torn behind right image), gilt-painted black glass mount, paper-taped.
Literature
Geiges, p. 77 (illus.), a variant showing the trees in full bloom, dated 3 September 1859; Silber und Salz, p. 252 (illus.), the same variant