Antique Print-HAMBURG-ALSTERBASSIN-JUNGFERNSTIEG-Heuer-Gassmann-1852

Medium: Hand-colored lithograph on wove (vellin) paper.

Sheet size: 47 x 34 cm (18.5 x 13.39 inch). Image size: 42 x 29 cm. (16.54 x 11.42 inch).

Condition: very good, given age. Light foxing and spotting in margins, especially bottom edge. Slight edge wear, otherwise bright and clean. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

HAMBURG, ALSTER, CITY VIEW, GASSMANN, WINDMILL, 19TH CENTURY, NEUER JUNGFERNSTIEG, GERMANY, PLATE, LITHOGRAPH | PCO-C49-02

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Printed by H.F. Plate, published by C. Gassmann, Hamburg in 1852. From: ‘Andenken an Hamburgs Alster.’ H.F. Plate was a prominent Hamburg-based lithographic printer active in the mid-19th century, known for high-quality chromolithographic cityscapes and landscapes.

Biography engraver: Christian Wilhelm Heuer (1813-1890) was a German Lithographer from Hamburg.

Biography artist: C. Gassmann was a Hamburg publisher and possibly designer of city views, active in the 19th century. Further biographical details are scarce.