Caption
View of the Neckar Gate, in Mannheim, Das Neckar Thor, La porte du Neckar, Vues de Mannheim représentées sur vingt six planches, print, Numbered top right: 4., printmaker: Klauber, gebroeders, Augsburg, after drawing by Johann Franz von der Schlicht, publisher: Christian Friedrich Schwan, Mannheim, 1782, brothers, Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg, paper, etching, engraving, height 218 mm x width 284 mm, city-gate, A detailed engraving of a large classical building with a central pediment topped by a sculptural group holding a large sphere and flanked by seated figures, a row of windows beneath the pediment, and three large arched openings at ground level, flanked by pilasters and decorative faces; a reclining wing extends on each side with steep tiled roofs and small dormer windows, chimneys rising at the rooflines; sculpted ornamental figures and garlands adorn the facade around the pediment and above the central arch where a seated figure with a trumpet and a child are placed; in front of the building a group of uniformed soldiers stand in formation near the central arch while various civilians walk or gather across the open paved forecourt, some carrying baskets on their heads, others conversing, a handcart with a horse stands to one side and a horse-drawn carriage with a coachman waits nearby, a few figures are positioned inside the central archway and a distant pathway or bridge is visible through the passage.
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Photo12/Liszt Collection
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LZT26B24_201
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