A stereoview showing a large group of uniformed men assembled on a lawn in front of a multi-story building set within a garden or park, framed by trees and a picket fence. Several figures wear light-colored armbands consistent with hospital or medical corps duty, a figure in clerical dress (likely a chaplain) stands among them, and a two-wheeled hand-litter or ambulance cart is visible in the foreground. The scene is numbered '31.' in ink at the top of the mount.
The blind-embossed corner mark identifies the work as originating from the studio of Otto von Zabuesnig in Kempten, a photographer whose activity in the Bavarian Allgäu region is documented from the 1860s onward, consistent with the early date of this image.
Photographer/publisher: Otto von Zabuesnig
Period/date: circa 1870
Dimensions: 175 x 85 mm
Condition: Good; overall sepia toning with some fading in the sky area of the print, scattered light foxing, and minor bumping to the corners of the yellow mount. The plain reverse shows light surface soiling and a few small spots. The image remains stable with no tears or losses.
Reverse: Plain yellow mount bearing a cursive ink inscription reading, as best legible: 'Feld-Lazareth in Wörth No. 4. VII. Armee Corps mit Schlosspark', together with a green ink stamp reading 'D.L. de Haas.'
Keywords: Germany, Franco-Prussian War, field hospital, stereoview, Zabuesnig
Photographer Biography:
Otto von Zabuesnig operated a photographic studio in Kempten im Allgäu, Bavaria, with activity documented from the 1860s to circa 1900.
He also maintained a branch in Bad Wörishofen and ran a separate studio in Lindau between 1879 and 1896, returning to Kempten afterward.
His surviving output includes topographical and architectural views as well as portrait and group photography.
No further biographical details, including birth or death dates, have been reliably established.
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