Cologne. Prussia.

PrinterPrinted by E.B. & E.C. Kellogg American, 1840 - 1867

PublisherPublished by E.B. & E.C. Kellogg American, 1840 - 1867

Date1857-1867

MediumLithography; printer's ink and watercolor on wove paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 8 9/16 x 12 7/8in. (21.7 x 32.7cm)
Sheet (height x width): 12 15/16 x 17in. (32.9 x 43.2cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection

DescriptionView of a city on a river. A man and a woman stand on a hillside in the right foreground. A man, a woman, and a small girl are near two barrels and a package on the shore below. Two small vessels are nearby. One boat has a sail and a flag with a double eagle on it. Additional boats, including a steamboat, are on the river in the background. The city is beyond, on the right bank of the river, surrounded by a wall or dike. Buildings include several churches and a large Gothic cathedral.

Object number1995.182.194

InscribedOn recto, lithographed title beneath image, "COLOGNE. / PRUSSIA. / 571." In pencil, lower left, "PRINT DRAWER 24 #4".
On verso, in pencil: upper left, old accession number; upper right, "Box 27 / #8"; lower right, "Consv CPC 1987" "Dwr 24" and new accession number.

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