Basel, View from the Hôtel des Trois Rois
Basel, View from the Hôtel des Trois Rois
Basel, View from the Hôtel des Trois Rois
Basel, View from the Hôtel des Trois Rois

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Basel, View from the Hôtel des Trois Rois,

ca. 1865

Adolphe Braun, 1811–1877; born Besançon, France; died Dornach, France; active Dornach and Paris, France
2016-18

Information

Title
Basel, View from the Hôtel des Trois Rois
Dates

ca. 1865

Maker
Adolphe Braun
Medium
Albumen print
Dimensions
22.3 × 46.4 cm (8 3/4 × 18 1/4 in.) mount: 46.1 × 57.1 cm (18 1/8 × 22 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, gift of David and Kathryn Richardson, parents of Andrew Richardson, Class of 1992, and Matthew Richardson, Class of 1997, in honor of Peter C. Bunnell
Object Number
2016-18
Place Depicted

Europe, Switzerland, Basel

Culture
French
Type
albumen prints, panoramas, photographs
Materials
paper (fiber product), albumen
Techniques
black-and-white photography
Subject
distant views, skylines, cityscapes, Swiss, bridges (built works), rivers, landscapes (representations)

[Lee Gallery, Winchester, MA]; [Christie's, New York, NY, Modern Visions: Exceptional Photographs, February 17, 2016, lot 214]; purchased by the Princeton University Art Museum, 2016.

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