Sujet

The Inauguration of the Statue of Beethoven, at Bonn, 1845. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

The Inauguration of the Statue of Beethoven, at Bonn, 1845. Unveiling of the Beethoven Monument, a statue of German composer Ludwig van Beethoven, in Bonn, Beethoven's birthplace. View of the event, showing '...the moment when the white cloth was removed from the Statue in the Cathedral Square, at a signal given by Dr. Breidenstein, the President of the Committee. A discharge of cannon, and musketry, and the shouts of the enormous assemblage were heard at the unveiling. The Queen [Victoria], Prince Albert, and the King and Queen of Prussia, were in the balcony of Count Furstenburg's house'. The sculpture was designed by Ernst Julius Hähnel. From "Illustrated London News", 1845, Vol VII.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM21A07_027

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

55,6Mo (6,3Mo) / 42,0cm x 33,2cm / 4960 x 3920 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Germany people male crowd crowds man men music architecture German arts flag flags country statue statues sculpture art guy British location Victorian century banner composer Bonn Britain newspapers press B&W full length full-length standard 19th century black & white black and white unveiling B W Monument nineteenth century North Rhine-Westphalia The Print Collector Illustrated London News TGN Ludwig van Beethoven ILN newspaper engraving Unknown Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven Monument Ernst Julius Hähnel Hähnel Ernst Julius Ernst Julius Hahnel Hahnel