Gypsy woman

Author: Kamilla Asbóth
Date: 1882-1897
Description [National Heritage Institute]: Gypsy woman in an outfit specific for the Roma: the head has a blossoming batik; wearing a shirt with long sleeves, torn on his chest, a picture full of narrow horizontal lines. On his right shoulder he holds a wooden baton with which he carries knitted baskets. Workshop Photos. On the cardboard on which the photo is pasted are mentioned, at the bottom, the name of the photographer, on the left [Kamilla Asbóth] and the city where the workshop was activated, to the right [Hermannstadt (Sibiu)]. V: Brand of the 10-medallion workshop and German text in brown writing: (translation) “Atelier Kamilla Asbóth. The heir of Th. Glatz. Multiplied rights reserved. Plates are retained for subsequent orders. ” Carton printed at Lith. K. Krziwanek – Vienna. Stamp collection director Emil Sigerus; Stamp Brukenthal Museum no. 269; MCPR inventory number 127. Photograph identical to GD 2326.

Additional information: Kamilla Asboth owned during 1873-1897 the photographic workshop in Sibiu, founded by his uncle Theodor Glatz in 1854 and subsequently taken over by Carl Koller in 1871. The workshop, located in Piaţa Mare, was acquired in 1897 by Emil Fischer.

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