THE ITEM
lovely old
ALBUMEN - CABINET CARD
The albumen print, also called albumen silver print, was invented in 1850 by Louis Désiré Blanquart-Evrard, and was the first commercially exploitable method of producing a photographic print on a paper base from a negative. It used the albumen found in egg whites to bind the photographic chemicals to the paper and became the dominant form of photographic positives from 1855 to the turn of the century, with a peak in the 1860-90 period.
The Carte de visite process was quickly replaced by the larger Cabinet cards. In the early 1860s, both types of photographs were essentially the same in process and design. Both were most often albumen prints; the primary difference being the cabinet card was larger and usually included extensive logos and information on the reverse side of the card to advertise the photographer’s services. However, later into its popularity, other types of papers began to replace the albumen process. Despite the similarity, the cabinet card format was initially used for landscape views before it was adopted for portraiture
(WIKIPEDIA)
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SHOWING:
BRUGGE
"MARKT"
The Markt ("Market Square") of Bruges is located in the heart of the city and covers an area of about 1 hectare. Some historical highlights around the square include the 12th-century belfry and the West Flanders Provincial Court (originally the Waterhall, which in 1787 was demolished and replaced by a classicist building that from 1850 served as provincial court and after a fire in 1878 was rebuilt in a neo-Gothic style in 1887.
The north side of the Markt is characterized by the typical houses with stepped gables. On the site of the neoclassical block of houses to the left of Geernaartstraat, the Sint-Christoffelkerk used to be, which was demolished in 1786. It is clearly visible where the church stood (the side wall of the church is still visible behind some of the current buildings), because the facades of the block in question are more forward than those of the houses to the right of Geernaartstraat. In this last row of houses are, among others, Le Panier d'Or ("The golden basket"), the craft house of the tile deckers, and La Civière d'Or ("The golden berrie"), the craft house of the fishermen and fishmongers.
A stepped gable, crow-stepped gable, or corbie step is a stairstep type of design at the top of the triangular gable-end of a building. The top of the parapet wall projects above the roofline and the top of the brick or stone wall is stacked in a step pattern above the roof as a decoration and as a convenient way to finish the brick courses.
(WIKIPEDIA)
BELGIË / BELGIUM / BELGIQUE
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SEPIA PHOTO, ANIMATED, SHOWING:
* HOTEL RESTAURANT LE PANIER D'OR
* CAFE ROYAL - ECHTE DEUTSCHE BIERE
* M. VOGEL - MUNCHNER AUGUSTINER BRAUEREI - DEUTSCHES BIERHAUS
* CLUB DU SPORT NAUTIQUE - CAFE LA SIRENE
* CAFE DES ARTS - RESTAURANT
* CAFE LA CIVIÈRE D'OR
* AU PETIT CAFE
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THE PHOTOGRAPHER:
- NOT KNOWN -
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SIZED:
10,8 X 16,3 CENTIMETERS
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CONDITION:
reasonable to good, bit rubbed, dirty, foxy and discoloured, corners and edges lightly bumped, some writing in pencil (YEAR + 1870) on back-side
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