Souvenir de Niagara; Caprice caracteristique pour pianoforte par Aug. Gockel, Op. 19 / Tucksch, sc. – Antique Wall Art
![Souvenir de Niagara; Caprice caracteristique pour pianoforte par Aug. Gockel, Op. 19 / Tucksch, sc., Hambourg ; propriete es editeurs Schuberth & Co., [between 1850(?) and 1900(?)] — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/c1/c122f138161d-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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A window into the past: Souvenir de Niagara; Caprice caracteristique pour pianoforte par Aug. Gockel, Op. 19 / Tucksch, sc., preserved in this antique lithograph. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Souvenir de Niagara; Caprice caracteristique pour pianoforte par Aug. Gockel, Op. 19 / Tucksch, sc.
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This is a color lithograph title page for a piano piece, not a view made for a travel album. Its title, "Souvenir de Niagara," names the falls as the subject of a *caprice caractéristique* by August Gockel, Op. 19, engraved by Tucksch and issued in Hamburg by the German publisher Schuberth & Co. Music publishers of the period often decorated sheet-music covers with popular scenic and travel subjects, which helped sell pieces to amateur pianists who might never see the falls themselves. Niagara drew many nineteenth-century visitors and artists, and this cover shows how its image reached households in Germany as well as North America.
| Created / published | Hambourg ; propriete es editeurs Schuberth & Co., [between 1850(?) and 1900(?)] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, color. |
| Genre | Music title pages 1850-1900.Lithographs Color 1850-1900. |
| Subjects | Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.)--1850-1900. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,113 × 1,431 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-216633 |
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