[WARSAW - Krakowskie Przedmieście - view photograph - cabinet format shot]. [ca. 1884]....

[WARSAW - Krakowskie Przedmieście - view photograph - cabinet format shot]. [ca. 1884]. Photograph form. 10x13.3 cm on original common backing form. 10.7x16.3 cm, by Konrad Brandl in Warsaw.
View of Krakowskie Przedmieście Street from Ossoliñskich Street towards Nowy ¦wiat with the dominant new edifice of the European Hotel - reprod. in: K. Lejko "Warsaw in the lens of Konrad Brandl", illustr. 52, p. 126; D. Kobielski "Warsaw in photographs of the 19th century", illustr. 37, p. 35 Detailed description here). In the lower right corner of the photo an imprint: 'Brandel'. Photographs glued on original cardboard backing. On the back ink inscription: "Varsovie - 'Faubourg de Cracovie' (rue principale)". Corners of backing slightly damaged, good condition of photo.
K. Brandel (1838-1920) - one of the pioneers of Polish photography, artist photographer, designer, inventor, chronicler of Warsaw. Co-worker of K. Beyer. In 1865 he opened his own establishment on Nowy Swiat in Warsaw, from which came, among other things, many views of the city, portraits of famous and less famous, and reproductions of works of art. In 1884 he constructed a snapshot camera, the so-called photorevolver - one of the first cameras to take reportage photographs. The use of the invention enabled the artist to photograph the daily life of the capital and its architectural features. Many of these photographs were published in the press of the time (Brandel worked with the "Illustrated Weekly").