Portrait of Alois Burgstaller as 'Siegfried'

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Artist/Maker	W. Höffert (Photographer)
Place of origin	Berlin (photographed)

A sepia-coloured photograph on card of a man stood, his eyes looking up, with his left hand raised above shoulder height. He wears a frayed, knee length tunic with a fur garment over the top. He holds a sword in his right hand and wears sandals that are laced up his calves.

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Categories	Photographs Portraits
Object type	Photograph
Title	Portrait of Alois Burgstaller as 'Siegfried' (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Carbon process Photographic Paper Card Support Photography Carbon Process
Brief description	Photograph by W. Höffert, portrait of Alois Burgstaller as 'Siegfried', carbon print, 1897
Physical description	A sepia-coloured photograph on card of a man stood, his eyes looking up, with his left hand raised above shoulder height. He wears a frayed, knee length tunic with a fur garment over the top. He holds a sword in his right hand and wears sandals that are laced up his calves.
Dimensions	Card height: 17.2cm Card width: 11.2cm
Marks and inscriptions	Printed on recto: 'W. Höffert. "Der Ring des Nibelungen". Bayreuther Bühnenfestspiele. Hof Photograph. Jm Buchhandel durch Carl Giessel Bayreuth zu beziehen.' Printed on verso: Name and studio locations. Inscribed on verso: 'Herr Burgstaller as Siegfried. August 15th., 16th., & 17th. 1897. Bayreuth.'
Credit line	The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the V&A, acquired with the generous assistance of the National Lottery Heritage Fund and Art Fund.
Subjects depicted	Portrait Opera Singer Burgstaller, Alois (Herr)
Associated object	RPS.790-2022 (Duplicate)
Other number	XRG300 - RPS collection - V&A identifier
Collection	Department of Photography
Accession number	RPS.789-2022

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Record created	September 5, 2022
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1728929/portrait-of-alois-burgstaller-as-photograph-w-höffert/

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