The Falls of the Rhine by moonlight Schaffhausen Switzerland – Antique Photo Print
![The Falls of the Rhine by moonlight Schaffhausen Switzerland, [between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900]. — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/8d/8da581f9d1e5-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This historic print of The Falls of the Rhine by moonlight Schaffhausen Switzerland brings a moment of history to your wall. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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The Falls of the Rhine by moonlight Schaffhausen Switzerland
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The Rhine Falls near Schaffhausen, shown here under moonlight, were among the most visited sights in Switzerland, and the view turns the broad white cascade into a soft, silvery mass against dark rock. The picture is a photochrom, a process developed in Switzerland in the 1880s that transferred photographs to stone and added color by hand, giving the print a painted look. The Detroit Publishing Company acquired rights to the process and sold such views in the United States, many of them as souvenirs of European travel. Its catalog of Swiss scenes, from which this print comes, reflects the late nineteenth-century appetite for landscapes that looked like paintings.
| Created / published | [between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900]. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print : photochrom color. |
| Notes | Detroit Publishing Co. Catalogue J, 1905. Print no. 8502. Views of Switzerland |
| Source | Library of Congress, Photochrom Prints |
| Original scan | 3,706 × 2,776 px · prints to 12 × 9 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 1077_The_Falls_of_the_Rhine_1890.tif-07781u |
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