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Legnica, games on ice, c. 1866/1887, Theodor Blätterbauer / Georg Pommer

Theodor Blätterbauer / Georg Pommer

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Legnica, Poland

View of Legnica from the side of a frozen quagmire near Czarna Woda in the northern part of the city. Weduta visible in the background, from the left the castle tower of St. Peter, in the background there are two towers of the Church of the Virgin Mary, the castle with the tower of St. Jadwiga, in the background smoking factory chimneys, a train with a locomotive, in the background an outline of the silhouette of the Church of St. Peter and Paul next to the towers of the Church of St. John shown from the side of the presbytery. A large part of the composition is occupied by an ice rink created on a frozen bog and people skating on skates, shoes or a chair on skids. On the left, on the shore, a group consisting of: a man with a broom, children, a man with skates and a dog. The steel engraving is based on a drawing by Blätterbauer from 1866.

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  • Title: Legnica, games on ice, c. 1866/1887, Theodor Blätterbauer / Georg Pommer
  • Creator: Theodor Blätterbauer / Georg Pommer
  • Type: Steel engraving and etching on steel
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