Hercules and Cascades Wilhelmshohe Cassel (i.e. Kassel) Hesse-Nassau Germany – Antique Photo Print
![Hercules and Cascades Wilhelmshohe Cassel (i.e. Kassel) Hesse-Nassau Germany, [between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900]. — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/fc/fc408e914a83-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 Hercules and Cascades Wilhelmshohe Cassel (i.e. Kassel) Hesse-Nassau Germany brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Hercules and Cascades Wilhelmshohe Cassel (i.e. Kassel) Hesse-Nassau Germany
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The Hercules monument crowns the hillside of Wilhelmshöhe Park above Kassel, and the cascades in this view descend from its base in a long series of terraces and basins. The copper statue of the mythical hero stands on an octagonal pyramid, and the water system was built in the early 18th century under the landgraves of Hesse-Kassel, who designed the park as a showpiece of princely power. Photochrom prints like this one, produced by the Detroit Publishing Company in the 1890s and early 1900s, were prized by travelers and collectors for their saturated color, which lends the stone, foliage and water a painterly glow.
| Created / published | [between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900]. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print : photochrom color. |
| Notes | Detroit Publishing Co. catalogue J,1905. Print no. 16844. Views of Germany |
| Source | Library of Congress, Photochrom Prints |
| Original scan | 2,770 × 3,664 px · prints to 9 × 12 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 1819_Hercules_and_Cascades_W_1890.tif-00610u |
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