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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.
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Bamberg

Samuel Prout (British, 1783 - 1852)

Medium
lithograph touched with white gouache on wove paper
Classification
Print
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.)
Culture
British
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CG-E
Credit line
Gift of John Nichols Estabrook and Dorothy Coogan Estabrook
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed

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