Photographer:          Sophus Williams, Berlin

Title:                          129.  Das Kongliche Schauspielhaus

Date:                         1882

Medium:                   Cabinet Card, printed mount

Size of Image:          na

Size of Mount:          6 5/8 x 4 ¼  inches

Condition:                Medium tonal image, light bend in sky area, light rubbing/soiling front/back, light chipping to corners.

Other:                      Early view of the Berlin Schauspielhause or Theater.  Neoclassical design by Karl Friedrich Schinkel, it opened in 1821 as the Royal Theatre. 

Photographer and publisher Sophus Williams (1835-1900) was born Sophus Vilhelm Schou in Copenhagen.  He went to London in 1859 then later to Berlin around 1869 where he took ownership of the firm of E. Linde & Co.  During the 1870s, he made portraits of the royalty and views of the Berlin region as a member of the Berlin photography club where he worked close with J.F. Stiehm.  He is known for his stereoviews of Berlin. 

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