[Forefront of the Tunnel in the City Park]

Institution

Schola Graphidis Art Collection, Hungarian University of Fine Arts - High School of Visual Arts, Budapest

Object description:

The photograph represents the forefront of the tunnel of the Millennium Underground in Budapest at the City Park. The first underground electric railway on the European continent was built by the German firm Siemens & Halske in 1894-1896 and was inaugurated by Emperor Franz Joseph on the 2nd of May in 1896. The German-born photographer, György Klösz (1844-1913) was commissioned to document the phases of the construction on the spot. A representative photographic album was published with 15 items, documenting the construction, the entrance buildings of the stations, as well as the technical units of the underground railway.
Klösz, György: Az alagut végének homlokzata a városligetben - Vue du portail du tunnel dans le bois de ville - [Forefront of the Tunnel in the City Park], [1896] © Schola Graphidis Art Collection, Hungarian University of Fine Arts - High School of Visual Arts, Budapest

Object/Work type:

photographs

Cultural Heritage type:

Visual Works (hierarchy name)

Location:

Hungary - Hungary

Object measurements:

23 x 35 cm

Creation

photographed by Klösz, György (1844-1913) (photographer)

Culture: Hungarian

Date: [1896] Historicism

Production

Material/Technique: paper

Subject/theme:

documentary photography, underground railways, underground railway stations

Resource

Rights Type:  

Record

Source: Schola Graphidis Art Collection, Hungarian University of Fine Arts - High School of Visual Arts, Budapest

Identifier: 5112