The image shows a street-level view of architectural details and activity in a historical town setting. The scene is focused on buildings, street life, and a group of people near a building corner. The buildings feature ornate windows, balconies, and textured facades with fine linework and shading. The illustration style is precise with delicate brushstrokes or sketch lines. The color palette is monochrome using black and white. In the distance, people walk on a cobbled pathway, surrounded by trees, with a figure rowing a boat on a waterway. Birds are visible in the sky.
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The image shows a street-level view of architectural details and activity in a historical town setting. The scene is focused on buildings, street life, and a group of people near a building corner. The buildings feature ornate windows, balconies, and textured facades with fine linework and shading. The illustration style is precise with delicate brushstrokes or sketch lines. The color palette is monochrome using black and white. In the distance, people walk on a cobbled pathway, surrounded by trees, with a figure rowing a boat on a waterway. Birds are visible in the sky.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Bamberg

Samuel Prout

Medium
lithograph touched with white gouache on wove paper
Dimensions
image: 41.1 x 28.7 cm (16 3/16 x 11 5/16 in.) sheet: 54.5 x 36.9 cm (21 7/16 x 14 1/2 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
1988.20.31
Credit line
Gift of John Nichols Estabrook and Dorothy Coogan Estabrook
Time span
1776 to 1800
Department
CG-E

Subjects and terms

  • British
  • exterior
  • architecture
  • lithograph
  • Bamberg
Inscription

on stone wall, lower right in plate: artist's monogram; lower center in plate: BAMBERG

NGA object ID 70360. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.