Elegant Bernese promenaders in crinolines and frock coats take the air on a terrace overlooking a sweeping valley panorama in this extraordinary albumen cabinet card from the 1860s — a photograph of a painting, in fact, a photographic reproduction of a large-format panoramic veduta of Berne with the Aare river valley and city spires in the distance. The figures in the foreground — women with parasols, a couple at a café table, a gentleman strolling with his hat — are rendered with the soft romanticism of mid-century Swiss illustration, while the photographic medium gives them unexpected immediacy. Published by Corrodi, opticien of Berne, "vis à vis de la gare" (opposite the railway station), the card was aimed squarely at railway tourists arriving in the Swiss capital and seeking a souvenir of the view they might see from the Rosengarten or another belvedere. A wonderfully layered artifact: painting, photography, and tourism all in one small card.