13 - F. BELLERMANN (*1814), Neue Mühle Wildlife Park, 1884, pencil

F. BELLERMANN (*1814), Neue Mühle Wildlife Park, 1884, pencil Ferdinand Konrad Bellermann (1814 Erfurt – 1889 Berlin): View of the Neue Mühle Zoo near Königs Wusterhausen, 1884, pencil Technique: White-highlighted pencil and red chalk drawing on paper Inscription: Signed lower right: “Ferd. Bellermann.” Inscribed lower left in the artist’s hand: “Neue Mühle near Königs Wusterhausen, July 11, 1884.” Date: 1884 Description: A scene from the primeval forest-like Neue Mühle animal park near Königs Wusterhausen, the former hunting grounds of the “Soldier King” Friedrich Wilhelm I, who had the area east of his Wusterhausen hunting lodge laid out for hunting purposes. Keywords: Berlin, Brandenburg, tree, jungle, zoo, hunting, castle park, park, castle, branch, 19th century, Romanticism, Landscape, Germany, Size: Paper: 20.9 cm x 26.0 cm (8.2 x 10.2 in) Condition: Good condition. Slightly browned and slightly stained, some pale spots in the center left, lightly dust-stained.