Antique & Vintage Postcards

Black-and-white halftone postcard showing the facade of Villa Wahnfried in Bayreuth, Germany -- the home Richard Wagner built in 1874 and where he lived until his death in 1883. The Neoclassical villa's entrance portico bears the name "WAHNFRIED" above the door, and a large relief frieze decorates the upper facade. A prominent bust of the composer (likely King Ludwig II, Wagner's patron) on a tall pedestal rises from the garden foreground, surrounded by roses and iron fencing. A quotation by Wagner is printed in the upper right of the image: "Hier, wo mein Wahner Frieden fand. 'Wahnfried' sei dieses Haus von mir benannt. Rich. Wagner."