Description: Print Specifics: Type of print: Steel engraving - Original antique printYear of printing: not indicated in the print - actual: 1840 Original artist - Engraver: W.H. Bartlett - Armytage Publisher: London, Geo. Virtue, 26 Ivy Lane Condition: 1 (1. Excellent - 2. Very good - 3. Good - 4. Fair). Please examine the photos for minor blemishes/defects. Dimensions: 8 x 10.5 inches (20 x 26 cm), including blank margins (borders) around the image. Paper weight: 2 (1. Thick - 2. Heavier - 3. Medium heavy - 4. Slightly heavier - 5. Thin)Reverse side: BlankNotes: Green color around the print in the photo is a contrasting background on which the print was photographed.The print detail is sharper than the photo of the print. Original narrative: The Bridge of Linz: The city of Linz has experienced the fortune of war under all the varieties of siege and storm-but which it would far exceed the limits of the present work to particularize. In M.DCCXLI., while the Grand-duke of Tuscany, Francis of Lorraine, was pressing the siege of Linz, with an ardour and obstinacy almost unprecedented, the French persisted in its defence, with an equal share of courage and intrepidity. Fortune, however, favoured the imperialists; for, while the French troops were busied in securing themselves by a strong entrenchment in one part of the city, the imperialists, with burning torches in their hands, entered at another. Duchatel, the Lieutenant-General, was immediately charged, on the part of the garrison, with the important duty of arranging the terms of an honourable capitulation. " I have decided," said the Grand-duke, " that the garrison shall surrender themselves into my hands, at discretion, as prisoners of war." "If that be your highness's intention," coolly answered Duchatel, " proceed with your torches, and we at the same instant will return to our guns." This hardy proposition brought the Duke to reason; and after a brief parley, the garrison marched all the honours of war. Close to the wooden bridge, which here connects the Austrian and Bohemian shores of the Danube, two railroads meet, one of which runs northward to Budweis, and the other in the opposite direction, to Wels and Gmunden in Bavaria. This means of intercourse was much wanted; and, since the completion of the design, it has been attended with the happiest effects, wherever the commercial interests of the country were concerned. It had long been viewed as an object of great interest to adopt some means by which a free commercial intercourse between Germany and the Turkish empire might be permanently established. Martin2001 Satisfaction Guaranteed Policy! Any print purchased from me may be returned for any (or no) reason for a full refund including all postage. Internet seller since 1998.Five-star service.
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Artist: William Henry Bartlett
Listed By: Martin2001
Production Technique: Intaglio
Date of Creation: 1840
Original/Reproduction: Original Print
Features: Not-framed
Print Type: Steel engraving
Dimensions:: 8 x 10.5" (20 x 26 cm)
Subject: Austria
Print Surface: Paper
Type: Print
