Pittoresk Resetour fram Stockholm till Neapel genom Sverge, Danmark, Tyskland, Holland, Belgien, Frankrike, Schweitz, Tyrolen, Savojen, Italien.

Title

Pittoresk Resetour fram Stockholm till Neapel genom Sverge, Danmark, Tyskland, Holland, Belgien, Frankrike, Schweitz, Tyrolen, Savojen, Italien.

Book about the picturesque travel tour from Stockholm to Naples with 100 views drawn from nature and lithographed by Carl Johan Billmark (1804-1870). A title page in blue and green, a description of the journey on 24 pages in Swedish and 100 lithographs afterwards partly stained. Published by Lemercier Rose, Paris.

c. 1852

Artist

Billmark (1804-1870)

Carl Johan Billmark (1804-1870), Swedish landscape painter, artist, lithographer. He left Sweden in 1833 and lived in Paris where he studied under Deroy. Billmark travelled to Germany, Italy, Switzerland and later published studies in this famous work, "A Journey from Stockholm to Naples". From the library of Anders Cederström (1805-1885) in Beatelund, Stockholm. It was later moved to Riksten manor in Tullinge, south of Stockholm

Historical Description

The work is a visual travel narrative, a typical example of “travel vedute” popular in the 19th century — featuring scenes from various countries along a travel route, combined with explanatory text. The aim was to present both the familiar and the foreign side by side. The lithographs are carefully executed, often printed on a sepia-toned background and occasionally highlighted with white accents.