Rheinfels – St. Goar on the Rhine. Rheinfels Castle together with some houses of St. Goar. At the opposite bank rich baggage scenery, among it chatting woman beside their laundry panniers. On the Rhine the rare form of two high-boarded house-boats joined alongside. Coloured lithograph printed with tone plate by James Duffield Harding (Deptford 1798 – Barnes 1863) after own travel sketch from August 1834. Inscribed: Aug. 1834. J. D. H., otherwise as above. 16.4 x 26.9 cm.

Nagler III, 2228. – On light cardboard. – Thieme-Becker:

“ Frequent study travels to the Rhine … supplied H. with inexhaustible material not only for the exhibitions, but also for the vocation closest to him, the drawing lessons … and lithography; here lies his lasting importance. ”

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