The first voyage of SMS Bismarck photograph album, 1879-1880 / by Claus Franzen
The first voyage of SMS Bismarck photograph album, 1879-1880 / by Claus Franzen
The first voyage of SMS Bismarck photograph album, 1879-1880 / by Claus Franzen
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
1879-1880
Call Numbers
PXD 1490
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Language
- German
- English
Formats
Physical Description
Contents
99 photographs - chiefly 16.8 cm x 21.7 cm or smaller - albumen
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Created before 1955
Please acknowledge : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Contents
Prussian blue morocco-bound photograph album with inner boards lined with red silk, containing 99 albumen print photographs mounted on 93 unbound leaves of thick card. Also includes a loose four-page manuscript index in German with some variant spellings of places and personal names. The photographs, taken by naval rating Claus Franzen, document th...
Alternative Titles
Full title
The first voyage of SMS Bismarck photograph album, 1879-1880 / by Claus Franzen
Variant title
Album is blind stamped on cover with the title 'Die Erste Reise S.M.S. Bismarck' [The First Voyage of S.M.S. Bismarck]
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Album measures 45 cm x 36 cm x 10 cm
Signature / Inscriptions
Leaves are numbered sequentially on the top left corner and have captions inscribed in German below the prints.
Attributions / Conjectures
The album is thought to have been presented to Otto von Bismarck by Captain Deinhard, who was invited to the Chancellor's Friedrichsruh estate (near Hamburg) on 26 December 1880, for a debriefing of the voyage.
Reference:
Library correspondence file
Conservation note
The cover has detached from the leaves and has some worming. There is scattered foxing, and a few prints are slightly faded.
Object History
Purchased by the vendor from the Estate of Otto von Bismarck
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased from Douglas Stewart Fine Books, September 2018
Exhibited in
- Shot : 400 photographs, 200 photographers, 3 centuries
State Library of New South Wales (October 2023 - October 2024)
Administrative / Biographical history
Claus Franzen was born on 4th February 1857 in Jerrishoe near Flensburg in Germany, the son of the farmer Hans Christian Franzen. He joined the Imperial Navy and travelled as a naval rating on the frigate SMS Bismarck to the World Exhibition in Australia and to the South Seas, including Samoa, 1879-1880. After the Bismarck's return to Germany, Fra...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
PXD 1490
Record Identifier
1LjGMag9
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1LjGMag9
Other Identifiers
Reference code
9616388
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