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Adina Sommer`s Rare Antique Maps and Contemporary Art
Charte des Königreis Daenemark
Original:
150.00 €
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| Article ID | EUS3901 |
| Artist | Walch (1757-1815) |
| Johann Walch ( 1757 in Kempten-Allgäu- 1815 Augsburg ) was a german painter, drawer, printer and publisher. He was the son of Sebastian Walch and married in 1786 the daughter of the printer and publisher Johann Martin Will and worked with his father in law. In 1789 he was able to pruchase the herritage material of the copper printer and publisher Matthäus Seutter und Tobias Conrad Lotter with 208 copper plates and 25000 maps material. With this material he expanded the company into the famous map publishing company called „Joh. Walch’sche Landkarten Handlung“. Later then, it was called "Druckerei Joh. Walch". | |
| Title | Charte des Königreis Daenemark |
| Year | ca. 1828 |
| Description | Map shows total Denmark with Jutland, Funen, Zealand, Lolland-Falster, Bornholm, etc. and the Dutsch of Holstein it's was the northernmost state of the Holy Roman Empire, located in the present German state of Schleswig-Holstein. Denmark officially the Kingdom of Denmark, is a Nordic country and a sovereign state. The southernmost of the Scandinavian nations, it is south-west of Sweden and south of Norway,and bordered to the south by Germany. The tribal Danes came from the east Danish islands (Zealand) and Scania and spoke an early form of North Germanic. Historians believe that before their arrival, most of Jutland and the nearest islands were settled by tribal Jutes. The unified kingdom of Denmark emerged in the 10th century as a proficient seafaring nation in the struggle for control of the Baltic Sea. Denmark, Sweden and Norway were ruled together under the Kalmar Union, established in 1397 and ending with Swedish secession in 1523. Denmark and Norway remained under the same monarch until outside forces dissolved the union in 1814. The union with Norway made it possible for Denmark to inherit the Faroe Islands, Greenland and Iceland. |
| Place of Publication | Augsburg |
| Dimensions (cm) | 18 x 21,5 |
| Condition | Very good |
| Coloring | original colored |
| Technique | Copper print |
Reproduction:
22.50 €
( A reproduction can be ordered individually on request. )