Print Specifics (Legend to the illustration, see below):
- Type of print: Intaglio, steel engraving - Original antique print
- Year of printing: not indicated in the print - actual: 1844
- Publisher: Johann Georg Heck
- Condition: 2 (1.
Excellent - 2. Very good - 3. Good - 4. Fair). Few light
brownish spots/areas, mostly in blank margins. Please examine the photos for extent.
- Dimensions: 9 x 11.5 inches, (23 x 29 cm) including blank margins (borders) around the image.
- Paper weight: 2-3 (1. Thick - 2. Heavier - 3. Medium heavy - 4. Slightly heavier - 5. Thin)
- Reverse side: Blank
Notes:
- Green color around the print in the photo is a contrasting background on which the print was photographed.
- Print detail is much sharper than the photo of the print.
- Photos show the overall view of the print and an enlarged detail.
Legend to the illustrations:
The Frankish Empire: Figure 1, 2. Clovis, king of the Franks,
and his queen Clotilda 3. Fredegonda, from her tomb 4. Childebert, king
of the Franks 5, 6. Statues of females from the 8th century 7.
Charlemagne 8. [CENTER] Charlemagne receiving the submission of
Wittekind 9-37. Arms, utensils, and furniture of Charlemagne's time 38.
Statue of Wittekind 39-63. Utensils and furniture of Charlemagne's
time. Charlemagne, or Charles the Great (742-814), was among the
greatest of military leaders in the Middle Ages. He conquered much of
western and central Europe. As king, Charlemagne revived the political
and cultural life that had disappeared with the fall of the Western
Roman Empire four centuries before.
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