Schiessstand
Hugo van Werden
German, 1836–1911
1871
A collotype photograph that documents a small steam locomotive, workmen, and equipment at an outdoor firing range associated with the Friedrich Krupp works, produced as a practical industrial and military record.
Mounted on a wide pale sheet with typeset captions, the misty, low-lying panorama draws your eye along a curving track to a squat engine and scattered figures, framed by cranes, sheds, and distant factory chimneys under a hazy sky.
The image exemplifies late-19th-century industrial documentary photography—using the high-quality collotype process to record, communicate, and shape perceptions of technological and military enterprise during a period of rapid industrialization.
Medium
Collotype
Dimensions
8 5/16 × 13 1/16" (21.1 × 33.2 cm)
Classification
Department
Credit
Gift of Heidi and Richard Rieger
Accession
1086.2013.6
Palette
Exhibitions
