While talking on the phone last night, I sorted another stack of collage junk. In it I found a sepia tone print that had strayed from the Germany set. Unlike the others, though, this one is not a photograph. I’m not sure what, exactly, it is, but it seems to be a lithograph made from a photo. I’m going to try to do a little more research–there’s a maker’s inscription on the recto–before I post it.
In the meantime, I found a couple more older images of the Loreley Rock. The top photo is from my collection, and the bottom two are from the Library of Congress collections.
The Loreley rock is located on Germany’s Rhine River. It was historically a treacherous spot for boats, and unsurprisingly, there is a myth connected to it. Like the Greek Sirens, the Lorelei (from luren “murmuring” and ley “rock”) was a nymph whose singing lured sailors to their deaths. The Lorelei has often been depicted in art and poetry, usually as either a beautiful, nymph-like maiden or mermaid. Her song was caused by the sound of the swirling water echoing off the rock face. Long before the Lorelei was first popularized in art and poetry, though, the rock was thought to be an oracle. Passing sailors would shout questions into the rock face, and the resulting echo would answer them back.
Title: The Lorelei Rock (Rhine)
Panora, Ltd., photographer
Panora, Ltd., copyright claimant
Date Created/Published: c1921.
Medium: 1 photographic print : gelatin silver ; 8 x 35 in.
Summary: Man in uniform sitting on guard rail by river.
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-126296 (b&w film copy neg.)
Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication. No renewal found in Copyright Office.
Call Number: PAN FOR GEOG – Germany no. 10 (E size) [P&P]
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2007663190/
red paper boat 