The Rhine, Italy, & Greece

Castles above the Rhine and busy riverside towns fill these prints from The Rhine, Italy, & Greece, published by Fisher,...

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Castles above the Rhine and busy riverside towns fill these prints from The Rhine, Italy, & Greece, published by Fisher, Son & Co. in 1841 with George Newenham Wright's text and engraved views after artists including William Henry Bartlett. The plates here come from the Rhine section, moving between Cologne, Mainz, Koblenz, Boppard and smaller places along the valley. The fortresses of Ehrenbreitstein, Stolzenfels and Rheinfels share the pages with churches, town halls, islands and landing places, while boats and waterfront traffic keep the river a working route rather than a backdrop to romantic ruins. This is the continental tour as readers at home saw it before photography became the usual record of a journey.

Castles above the Rhine and busy riverside towns fill these prints from The Rhine, Italy, & Greece, published by Fisher, Son & Co. in 1841 with George Newenham Wright's text and engraved views after artists including William Henry Bartlett. The plates here come from the Rhine section, moving between Cologne, Mainz, Koblenz, Boppard and smaller places along the valley. The fortresses of Ehrenbreitstein, Stolzenfels and Rheinfels share the pages with churches, town halls, islands and landing places, while boats and waterfront traffic keep the river a working route rather than a backdrop to romantic ruins. This is the continental tour as readers at home saw it before photography became the usual record of a journey.

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