The limestone quarry at Solnhofen, Bavaria. Coloured etching by G.W. Knorr.

  • Knorr, Georg Wolfgang, 1705-1761.
Date:
[1768]
Reference:
2969699i
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Description

Men with wheelbarrows carry lumps of stone from the quarry to holding sheds, from which the stone is removed by a man with a horse-drawn cart. The stone was rich in fossils and was suitable for use in lithography after its invention in Bavaria around 1796

Publication/Creation

Norimb. [Nuremberg] : G.W. Knorr exc, [1768]

Physical description

1 print : etching, with watercolour ; platemark 31.8 x 39.3 cm

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Lettering

Marmoris fossilis fodina prope Solenhofen in marchionatu Onoldino. G.W. Knorr exc. Norimb.

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2969699i

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