A stereoview depicting two men in a garden setting, one seated with his head bandaged and his arm in a sling, wearing a fez-style cap and loose military-style jacket and trousers, the other standing beside him in a double-breasted greatcoat with a white forage cap. The setting includes trees, a wooden garden bench, an iron fence, a classical column, and a flowerbed edged with small pointed stakes. The printed mount identifies the location as a barracks hospital (Baracken-Lazareth) in Berlin housing French military and other wounded.
The printed imprint on the mount reading 'Phot. u. Verlag v. S.P. Christmann in Berlin u. Paris' attributes the image to the Berlin-based photographic publisher S.P. Christmann, consistent with the card's format, coloring, and lettering style.
Photographer/publisher: S.P. Christmann
Period/date: circa 1871
Dimensions: 175 x 85 mm
Condition: Good; the mount shows overall toning and light surface soiling, with mild wear and slight rounding at the corners. The albumen prints show a stable, even tone with no significant fading, though a faint crease is visible near the left edge. No tears or losses are present.
Reverse: No verso scan available.
Keywords: Germany, Franco-Prussian War, wounded soldiers, albumen stereoview, Christmann
Photographer Biography:
S.P. Christmann operated a photographic publishing house (Kunst-Verlag) based in Berlin, with a documented outlet in Paris, active from the mid-1860s into the 1880s.
The firm issued cartes-de-visite, cabinet cards, and stereoviews, including reproductions of artworks and topographical views.
Surviving material attributed to the imprint also includes travel albums and cabinet-format leporellos with French-language captions, suggesting distribution to a French-speaking clientele.
No further biographical details about the individual proprietor are documented in available reference sources.
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