Lot 4124: Albert, Joseph: Deutscher Fürstenkongress 1863

"Deutscher Fürstenkongress 1863. Nach der Schlußsitzung vom 1. September 1863 in Frankfurt a/M ...". 1863. Varnished albumen print. 17,3 x 22,8 cm. Mounted to original ornamental board (slight soiling and foxing) with names of the participants printed in ornamental frame line, signed and numbered 57 by the photographer in ink in lower right corner of the mount.
The Frankfurter Fürstentag (17. August - 1. Sept. 1863) was an assembly of the German princes, summoned by the Emperor Franz Joseph to discuss changes within the German Federation. It seemed at first to be a promising and opulent meeting, however, the emperor's reforms concentrated on Austria's needs and disregarded the rank of Prussia within the Federation. Consequently King William I of Prussia was insulted and did not attend, which ultimately led to the meeting's failure. - A few surface scratch marks, otherwise in very good condition and one of the rare signed photographs by Joseph Albert. - With: The book Der deutsche Fürstentag zu Frankfurt am Main im August 1863. Ein Gedenkbuch mit 6 photographischen Abbildungen nach Handzeichnungen von Beer, Hohnbaum und Klimsch, photographirt von J. Schäfer. Heinrich Keller, Frankfurt a.M. 1863. - Light foxing in margins, text pages with more foxing, otherwise in good condition.
Provenance: The estate of Ernst August von Hannover, 3rd Duke of Cumberland
Lit.: Winfried Ranke. Joseph Albert - Hofphotograph der Bayerischen Könige. Munich 1977, ill. 110.