View of the ruins of Ehrenbreitstein Fortress, Koblenz, 1802
View of the ruins of Ehrenbreitstein Fortress overlooking the town of Koblenz on the River Rhine, 1802. It was blown up by the French in 1801. Vue d'Ehrenbreitstein apres sa demolition. After a painting by landscape artist Laurenz Janscha. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Carl Bertuch's Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1813. A 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with almost 1, 200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc. published from 1790-1830
Picture No
14009151
Media ID
45813620
Size
6933px x 4659px
(6.9MB)
Credit
©Florilegius/Mary Evans
Source
Laurenz Janscha
