Group Portrait of Reservists

F.W. Schmidt, 1904 - 1906

‘In memory of our time in military service’: there were photographers in German barrack cities who specialised in taking individual or group portraits of soldiers. Many such photographs were produced around 1900. Schmidt assembled numerous small photographs into a new, large entity. Typical of such collages is the combination of patriotism, camaraderie, sense of duty, and jollity.

  • Artwork typephotocollage
  • Object numberRP-F-2008-56
  • Dimensionsheight 384 mm x width 481 mm

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Group Portrait of Reservists

  • Object type

  • Object number

    RP-F-2008-56

  • Description

    Tableau van gemonteerde foto's van de reservisten van de Eerste Compagnie Rheinisches Fußartillerie-Regiment Nr. 8 te Metz, dat op de achtergrond zichtbaar is.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    inscription: ‘Mit Gott für Kaiser Köig und Vaterland!/ Zur Erinnerung an unsere Dienstzeit/ Photographie von F.W. Schmidt Nachfolger/ St. Medardenstrasse 10. METZ.’

Creation

  • Creation

    photographer: F.W. Schmidt, Metz

  • Dating

    1904 - 1906

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Material and technique

  • Dimensions

    height 384 mm x width 481 mm

Explanatory note

  • Het in Metz gelegerde Rheinisches Fußartillerie-Regiment Nr. 8 was in 1864 opgericht; Metz was van 1871 tot 1919 Duits, voorheen en nadien Frans.

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  • Subject

  • Place

  • Period

    1904 - 1906

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