Lot 4123: Ahrendts, Leopold: View of the Palais von der Osten

View of the "Palais von der Osten" (built 1736), Unter den Linden 4. Early 1860s. Salt print with rounded corners. 19,5 x 16,5 cm. Mounted to board (strongly soiled, traces of use).
As of 1835 this building belonged to Frederike von Hanover, the sister of Queen Luise of Prussia. After her death her husband, the Duke of Cumberland, sold it and the Ministry of Cultural and Medical Affairs moved in the building (demolished in 1883). To the right of the building was the famous Hotel Royal where the student Ferdinand Cohen-Blind checked in on May 5, 1866 and two days later, not far from the hotel, made an assasination attempt on Otto von Bismarck. A famous later guest was Mark Twain, who stayed at the Hotel Royal in 1891 on his third European tour. - A rich, dark print in very good condition with a strong reddish-brown tone. - With: Hermann Selle. View of the interior of the Friedenskirche Potsdam, gravesite of Friedrich Wilhlem IV. Albumen print. 18,5 x 14,5 cm. Mounted to board (foxing), photographer's blind stamp below the image on the mount. - In good condition.
Provenance: The estate of Ernst August von Hannover, 3rd Duke of Cumberland