Town Square with Plague Column

A cabinet card photograph of a town square with a plague column and a statued town hall, location unrecorded, circa 1850-1899. Plague columns like this one were erected across Central Europe from the 17th century onward as votive monuments after epidemics, and by the time this photograph was taken they had long since become simply part of the townscape, a landmark rather than a memorial. Albumen print, one of a kind, good condition. One piece, one new owner, then closed.