[KRAKOW - Town Hall Tower - situational photograph]. [after 1870]. Photograph form. 25x19 cm on original backing form....

[KRAKOW - Town Hall Tower - situational photograph]. [after 1870]. Photograph form. 25x19 cm on original backing form. 29.5x23.5 cm, by Ignacy Krieger in Kraków.
"The Main Square with the Town Hall tower and the Great Scales building. The 14th century tower remains of the City Hall, which was demolished in 1820. Adjacent to it is a neo-classical entourage built from 1782. On the right the building of the Great Scales, since 1846 a post of the Austrian army, demolished in 1875" (after E. Gaczol, T. Kwiatkowska "Ignacy Krieger", Muz. Narod. Krakow 2017). In the lower margin, title print on film: "25th Town Hall Tower". Backing stained, photo condition good.
I. Krieger (1820-1889) - photographer from Krakow, one of the pioneers of Polish photography. Known primarily for his 'krajowidok' - photographs of the architecture, streets and squares of Krakow. He was also the author of excellent portraits. He established his atelier in 1860, where he was eagerly photographed by Krakow's bourgeoisie, residents of the suburbs, and later also by Galician peasants. Among other things, he created a series of photographs of Galician residents - inhabitants of villages near Krakow, Jews from Kazimierz, highlanders from Podhale, Pieniny and Cieszyn Silesia, Hutsuls, Ruthenians and even gypsies from the tribe of Kliderash, whose caravan passed through Krakow at the time. He also documented the life of the city by placing representatives of various professions in his photographs. He photographed sacred and secular buildings, architectural details, restoration work at Wawel Cathedral and St. Mary's Church. After his death, the establishment was run by his daughter Amelia until 1926.