Los 4108

Rhine
Early views along the Rhine river

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Fotografie des 19. – 21. Jahrhunderts (Katalog nur online verfügbar)
Auktionsdatum 6.6.2026

Photographers: Carl Heinrich Jacobi (1824-1897) and Gottfried Theodor Hase (active ca. 1818-1888). Early views along the Rhine River. 1850s-1860s. 4 rounded albumen prints, mounted to card with ruled borders. Each between 12 x 16 cm and 15,5 x 20,5 cm or reverse (mounts ca. 23 x 30 cm). All with printed photographer credit and place name below the image on the mount; some annotated in black ink on mount verso.

Carl Heinrich Jacobi worked as a photographer and publisher in Bad Kreuznach and the Middle Rhine region, producing composed topographical views of towns, river landscapes, and spa resorts. His work belongs to the tradition of commercially distributed Rhine photography, issued in albums and portfolios for tourism and the growing market for photographic souvenirs. Gottfried Theodor Hase, trained as a painter before turning to photography, is regarded as Freiburg im Breisgau’s first professional photographer. From the early 1860s onward, he documented the city’s medieval architecture and urban fabric with a clear, descriptive approach.