1860Prague
Old Bridge over the Moldau
Unidentified photographer. The caption names the subject, not the maker.
Elevated photograph
1860·Prague
Old Bridge over the Moldau
Unidentified photographer. The caption names the subject, not the maker.
Elevated photograph · Surviving
What this plate shows
An elevated photograph of the stone bridge: arches, statue groups, the tower at the far end, the castle and cathedral on the hill. Caption on the plate: “PRAGUE. Old Bridge over the Moldau.” An albumen print. Not a lithograph and not a photochrom.
- Image type
- Elevated photograph
- Structure
- Charles Bridge (captioned Old Bridge over the Moldau), with the bridge tower and Prague Castle beyond.
- Region
- Europe
- Documented completion
- Bridge begun 1357.
- Architect
- Peter Parler is the documented master of the medieval bridge. The statues are later, and not one campaign.
- Present status
- Surviving — The bridge, the Old Town bridge tower, and the castle still stand. The year is the Library of Congress catalog date. It is not printed as a year on the caption. Wooden ice-breakers in the river are part of this exposure, not a claim about the river today.
- Source
- Library of Congress Prints and Photographs, cph 3c08995, LCCN 94512595. Albumen print, catalog date 1860, no. 289 in an album (opposite p. 148). Scale of that scan.
- License
- Public domain. No known restrictions on publication in the United States (Library of Congress).