Original cabinet card on beige board. Black and white photograph. Text is in German. Board measures 4 1/4" x 6 1/2"; photograph measures 3 3/4" x 5 3/4." Cabinet card is very clean and intact with minimal age wear and one piece of tape on back. A fine copy. This is a beautiful photograph that shows the Flora und Botanischer Garten Koln (or Flora park) in Cologne. Part of the garden is shown in the foreground and a glass orangery or greenhouse is in the background. The Flora park was established in 1893 and is still open to this day. "Koln" (Cologne) is printed at the top. Rest of title printed beneath photograph. "Verlag v. Rommler & Jonas, K. S. Hof-Photogr., Dresden, 1892" printed at the bottom. Rommler & Jonas was a German art print shop and publishing company that was co-founded in 1871 by Emil Rommler (1842-1941), a photographer, and Leopold Erasmus Jonas (1839-?), an accountant. Rommler had received his photographic training from his father in Chemnitz and Joseph Albert in Munich. The company also employed other photographers and became well-known for its high-quality photographic prints called collotypes or albertypes that often depicted cityscapes. The company closed in 1945 during World War II.
Title: Original Cabinet Card Photograph - "Koln: 814. Flora."
Location Published: Dresden, Germany, Rommler and Jonas: 1892
Binding: No Binding
Book Condition: Collectible-Fine
Type: Photographic Image
Categories: Art and Architecture, Gardening, Foreign Lands
Seller ID: 020359
