[PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY - late 19th century girls from Chernivtsi - posed photograph]. [not after 27 May 1894]....

[PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY - late 19th century girls from Chernivtsi - posed photograph]. [not after 27 May 1894]. Photograph form. 14x10.1 cm on original backing form. 16.5x11.2 cm, taken at the König Brothers atelier in Chernivtsi.
Portrayed in full figure against the backdrop of a magnificent painted decoration. Dressed in regional costumes. Printed in the lower margin: "Gebr. König Czernowitz". Photo pasted on original cardboard backing with silvered edges. On the back an advertising vignette of the factory and a handwritten dedication in ink: "In memory from Your Famili! Chernivtsi 27/5 94." Good condition.
Gebrüder König, König Brothers - brothers Franz and Leon - photographers in Chernivtsi from about 1890 and publishers from 1898-1917. Imprint on vignettes: "Photographen Gebrüder König Czernowitz. Unterhalb der Paraskiewakirche in eigenen Hause".