Bruxelles. Place de l'Hotel de Ville

Photograph

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Name/Title

Bruxelles. Place de l'Hotel de Ville

Entry/Object ID

1987.04.121

Description

The photographer captured the old houses next to the Grand Place in Brussels. The houses were small small shops businesses. They stand in a line with about four floors each; they have fancy roofs with sculptures on many of them. On this day there was a small pop up market for flowers. There are many people in the market looking at the pots of flowers on the ground.

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Albumen Print

Subject

the grand place, brussels, the old houses

Subject Place

* Untyped Subject Place

Brussels, Belgium

Collection

Walter Johnson Collection

Acquisition

Accession

1987.04

Source or Donor

Walter Johnson

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of Walter Johnson

Made/Created

Artist

Stengal & Markert

Date made

1897

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Label

Location

bottom right

Transcription

Edité par Stengel & Markert, Dresde

Language

French

Material/Technique

Printed

Type

Label

Location

bottom left

Transcription

4052. Bruxelles. Place de I'Hôtel de Ville.

Language

French

Material/Technique

Printed

Type

Watermark

Location

bottom right

Transcription

STENGEL&CO 1897 DRESDEN.

Material/Technique

branding

Dimensions

Dimension Description

8.94

Height

11 in