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which were presumably destroyed during the shellfi re
of Mannheim in World War II.
On July 9, 1884, August Jakob Lorent died because
of lung failure.
Milan Chlumsky
Biography
In 1813, Jakob August Lorent was born in Charleston,
South Carolina. He moved to Mannheim in 1818. From
1833 to 1836, he conducted his scientifi c studies at the
University of Heidelberg. The years of 1842 and 1843
consisted of Lorent’s voyages through Egypt and Asia
Minor and in the autumn of 1845, Lorent revisited
Egypt. During 1850 he travelled to London, and in
1851 he moved to Venice. Between 1859 and 1865,
he took numerous voyages to Spain, Algiers, Egypt,
Greece, Syria, Turkey, and Sicily. From 1865 to 1872
he photographed antique memorials near the Grand
Duche of Baden in southern Germany. Finally, in 1873
he moved to Meran and photographed the surrounding
area for the rest of his life. Jacob August Lorent died
on July 9, 1884, in Meran.
Selected Works
1845 Voyages in the Orient during the years 1842–
1843 , Mannheim.
1845 Wanderungen im Morgenlande während der
Jahren 1842–1843, Mannheim.
1861 Egypt, Alhambra, Tlemsen, Algiers, Mannheim
(reprint: Waller F.V.,1984, Egypten, Alhambra, Tlem-
sen, Algier, Mannheim (reprint: Waller F.V.,1984).
1862 Images from Athens, Mannheim; Bilder aus Athen,
Mannheim.
1865 Jerusalem and its surroundings, Photographic
album with texts from Dr. G. Roses, Mannheim;
Jerusalem und seine Umgebung, Photographisches
Album mit erläuterndem Texte von Dr. G. Rosen,
Mannheim.
1866 Memorials of Middle Ages in the kingdoms, Würt-
temberg: I. Department: Maulbronn; Bebenhausen,
Hirschau, Alpirsbach and Herrenalb, Mannheim
1867 Memorials of Middle Ages in the kingdoms
Württemberg: II. Department: Lorch, Murrhardt,
Rieden, Oberhofen, Comburg, Faurndau and Ober-
stenfeld, Mannheim. Denkmale des Mittelalters in
dem Königreiche Württemberg, II. Abteilung: Lorch,
Murrhardt, Rieden, Oberhofen, Comburg, Faurndau
und Oberstenfeld, Mannheim.
1869 Memorials of middle Ages in the kingdoms Würt-
temberg: III. Department: Ellwangen, Blaubeuren,
Denkendorf, Schwäbisch Gmünd and Brenz,
Mannheim; Denkmale des Mittelalters in dem Köni-
greiche Württemberg, III. Abteilung: Ellwangen,
Blaubeuren, Denkendorf, Schwäbisch Gmünd und
Brenz, Mannheim.
1870 Wimpfen on Neckar, history and topography to
the historical documents and archaeologic studies,
Stuttgart. Wimpfen am Neckar, geschichtlich und
topographisch nach historischen Urkunden und
archäologischen Studien, Stuttgart.
See also: Baldus, Édouard; Talbot, William Henry
Fox; Collodium; Louis Auguste Bisson, Louis-
Auguste and Auguste-Rosalie; and Le Gray, Gustave.Further Reading
Lorent, Jakob August, Egypten, Alhambra, Tlemsen, Algier—Rei-
sebilder aus den Anfängen der Photographie, zusammen-
gestellt von Wulf Schirmer, Werner Schnuchel und Franz
Waller, mit einem biographisch—photohistorischen Anhang
von Franz Waller, Verlag Philipp von Zabern, Mainz am
Rhein, 1984.
Waller, Franz (ed.), Images from Athens, Jakob August Lorent,
1994.LOTZE, EDUARD MORITZ (1809–1890)
German painter, artist, photographer, and studio
owner
Eduard Moritz Lotze was born in 1809 in Freibergsdorf
(Germany) to a family of farmers. He studied painting,
drawing and lithography in Meissen and later at the
Academy of Fine Arts in Dresden. In Munich began
his professional career as painter and lithographer and
there he learned the rudiments of photography. In 1852,
he opened a photographic studio with his brother in
law Hanfstaengl. Lotze moved to Verone (Italy) in 1854
where he opened a new photographic studio, which
he left to his son Richard after his defi nitive return to
Munich in 1868. He died in Munich in 1890.
While in Verone, he experienced a great professional
success as a portrait photographer and photographed
the Austrian military forts surrounding the city. He
actively participated in the cultural life of Verone and
exhibited his photographs at important expositions in
the city. He was also well known in scientifi c circles
for his Saggio fotografi co di alcuni animali e piante
fossili dell’Agro Veronese (Photographic Essay of a
Few Animals and Fossils Plants of the Countryside of
Verone) published together with Massalongo in 1859
and for Monumenta graphica as well as it is illustrated
with photographic reproductions of pages from ancient
codex, which was from Verone’s and Padua’s histori-
cal libraries.
Carlo Benini