Flowers bloom in a ditch in the foreground of this landscape vista, with a stand of white birch trees dominating the background composition.

Max Lusche, from the town of Hof in the German state of Bavaria, was a commercial photographer. A surviving ca. 1895 cabinet card portrait is engraved with additional details on its verso: Max Lusche | painter & photographer | Hof i/B | Branch: Mkt. Redwitz. | Specialty: Enlargements in chalk and color up to life size. The plates are kept for reordering enlargements.