1892 Hanfstaengl After Ruben, Columbus Sights the New World
1892 lithograph mounted on cardboard.
Good condition. Slight paper loss at your left corner.
Paper: 25 1/2 x 31 1/4 inches
Image: 29 x 26
This is a lithograph titled "The first sight of the new world - Columbus discovering America".
* The print, created in the 19th century, depicts Christopher Columbus and his crew on their ship.
* Columbus is shown standing calmly while his crew members react with a mix of awe, fear, and excitement.
* The image captures the moment when the crew first sighted land in the Americas in 1492.
The engraving is by Franz Hanfstaengl.
* Franz Hanfstaengl (1804–1877) was a German painter, lithographer, and photographer.
* He was known for his portrait lithographs and later became a court photographer.
* He founded his own lithographic studio in Munich in 1833 and later added a fine art printing shop and a photographic workshop.
* Hanfstaengl is considered the inventor of negative retouching.
This print will be shipped flat with insurance.
1892 lithograph mounted on cardboard.
Good condition. Slight paper loss at your left corner.
Paper: 25 1/2 x 31 1/4 inches
Image: 29 x 26
This is a lithograph titled "The first sight of the new world - Columbus discovering America".
* The print, created in the 19th century, depicts Christopher Columbus and his crew on their ship.
* Columbus is shown standing calmly while his crew members react with a mix of awe, fear, and excitement.
* The image captures the moment when the crew first sighted land in the Americas in 1492.
The engraving is by Franz Hanfstaengl.
* Franz Hanfstaengl (1804–1877) was a German painter, lithographer, and photographer.
* He was known for his portrait lithographs and later became a court photographer.
* He founded his own lithographic studio in Munich in 1833 and later added a fine art printing shop and a photographic workshop.
* Hanfstaengl is considered the inventor of negative retouching.
This print will be shipped flat with insurance.
