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6755 - Schetky, John Christian
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Schetky, John Christian The Tree House in the Port of Hamburg. Watercolor on vellum, historically mounted on an album sheet. 24.8 x 36.5 cm. Inscribed and dated in pencil in the upper right corner: "Baum Haus Hamburg 13 July 1842." The famous Hamburg Customs House, built in 1662 at the harbor entrance, defined the harbor landscape of the Hanseatic city for nearly two hundred years and was one of the city’s landmarks until its demolition in 1857. The British marine painter John Christian Schetky, on his journey from Great Britain via Hamburg, Berlin, and Danzig to St. Petersburg that he was so inspired by the unusual building and the bustling activity around the customs house that he created several watercolors of it on July 12 and 13, 1842. - Also included is another watercolor by the artist depicting the treehouse in the Port of Hamburg. - Please ask for condition reports for individual lots, as the condition is usually not mentioned in the catalog. - Please ask for condition reports for individual lots, as the condition is usually not mentioned in the catalog.
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Drawings from the 16th to the 19th Centuries & Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki on the 300th Anniversary of His BirthAuction house
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