ADOLPHE BRAUN (1812-77)

Alpine panoramas, circa 1868

细节

ADOLPHE BRAUN (1812-77)
Alpine panoramas, circa 1868
Album containing sixteen carbon prints and two collotypes, the former panoramic format, each approx. 9 x 19 in., the latter 8.3/8 x 10¾ in. and 9 x 13.1/8 in., one with a boat drawn in the negative, mounted one-per-page, five with gilt borders, each framed with two layers of coloured card, titled in pencil on mounts, inscribed Charbons de Braun - Vues prises avec l'objectif Panoramique Mobile in ink on front free end, black morocco spine, list of views inscribed in ink (partially missing) and printed photographer's credit on paper labels on spine, folio.

出版

Another panoramic view of Interlaken by Braun is illustrated in Gernsheim, The History of Photography, pl. 176

拍品专文

Born in 1812 at Besanon, Adolphe Braun began his career as a textile designer in Paris. He turned to photography in 1853 when he made a series of flower studies for artists who employed flowers as elements of decoration. He first experimented with carbon printing in 1862. Apart from his flower studies, Braun is perhaps best known for his grand alpine views. The large format views included in this album were probably made using Johnson's Pantoscopic camera introduced in 1862.

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