Bacharach and ruins of Stahleck the Rhine Germany – Vintage Wall Art
![Bacharach and ruins of Stahleck the Rhine Germany, [between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900]. — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/09/094d6c79f4f2-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This historic print of Bacharach and ruins of Stahleck the Rhine Germany brings a moment of history to your wall. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Bacharach and ruins of Stahleck the Rhine Germany
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Bacharach sits on a steep bend of the Middle Rhine, and this view takes in the town's half-timbered roofs and the ruins of Stahleck Castle on the hillside above it. The castle dates to the 12th century and was the seat of the Palatine counts. French troops destroyed much of it in 1689, and the ruins were left standing as a landmark for travelers on the river. The color comes from the photochrom process, in which a black-and-white photograph guided the hand-applied colors printed from lithographic stones. Detroit Publishing Co. sold such views to American buyers in the late 1890s, when Rhine travel was a popular subject.
| Created / published | [between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900]. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print : photochrom color. |
| Notes | Detroit Publishing Co. catalogue J,1905. Print no. 16436. Views of Germany |
| Source | Library of Congress, Photochrom Prints |
| Original scan | 3,644 × 2,759 px · prints to 12 × 9 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 164_Bacharach_and_ruins_of_1890.tif-00778u |
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