Prints / Views & Topography

[Plate] Berger, I. C.

Waxholms fästning.

D. F. Bonniers förlag. Em. Baerentzen & Co. Lith. Inst. [1850-56] Image area 20 x 28 cm. The whole sheet 25 x 33 cm. Tinted lithograph.

A small stain and a crease in the lower margin. Nice condition.

A nightly view of Vaxholms fästning, a fort locking the waterway into Stockholm. It was published for the classic swedish topographical work "Sverige Framstäldt i Taflor", covering Sweden from north to south in 96 plates. The plate was lithographed after a painting by Johan Christian Bertger who was commisioned by the publisher Bonnier to paint this view for the work..

Item No: 4067