SWITZERLAND Laufenburg on Rhine River - 1860s Antique Print Engraving

Description: INTERNATIONAL BUYERS:? The shipping rates shown are for '1st Class International Package' with tracking.? Ebay is also promoting their EIS International Shipping program on sellers pages. I do not use this program because it is more expensive, slower, not very transparent, and frustrating to the buyer, if something goes wrong. Do not select it, if ebay does show it as an option. Thank you. Print Specifics: Type of print: Intaglio, steel engraving - Original fine quality antique printYear of printing: not indicated in the print. Best estimate: late 1860s Original artist : Balmer Publisher: The London Printing and Publishing Company Limited, Paternoster Row, London. Condition: 1 (1. Excellent - 2. Very good - 3. Good - 4. Fair).Dimensions: 9 x 11 inches (23 x 28 cm), including blank margins (borders) around the image. Paper weight (thickness): 2 (1. Thick - 2. Heavier - 3. Medium heavy - 4. Slightly heavier - 5. Thin) Reverse side: BlankNotes: 1. Green color around the print in the photo is a contrasting background on which the print was photographed. 2. Print detail is much sharper than the photo of the print. Original Narrative: c1840 View of LAUFFENBURG: Even apart from this melancholy fact, which still remains indelibly fixed in the minds of the inhabitants, Lauffenburg has a dull, almost gloomy, character. The weatherbeaten houses which stand high up on the narrow bank look as though they had grown up out of the splintered rocks. The front is turned away from the stream , and the grey wall at the back is enlivened with but few windows. The town stands somewhat peculiarly. Below it is the roaring whirlpool, the grey houses are perched on the rocks, and above them stretches a dark -green wooded hill, on the summit of which stand the walls of a castle . This castle has long been ruined and tenantless , only the old tower still stands in its ancient majesty ; no banner waves from its walls, but a fir -tree which planted itself hundreds of years ago among the battlements now stands like a symbol of the glory which has past . A narrow bridge, half composed of wood , joins the towns of Great and Little Lauffenburg, and unites Switzerland to the German Empire. Martin2001 Satisfaction Guaranteed Policy! Any print purchased from me may be returned for any (or no) reason for a full refund including all postage. Internet seller since 1998.Five-star service.

Price: 12.48 USD

Location: Manassas, Virginia

End Time: 2025-02-02T21:49:28.000Z

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