Friedrich Julius Tempeltey
Panorama Der Stadt Neu-Braunfels In Texas aufgenommen von der Südwestseite im Sommer 1847

Panorama Der Stadt Neu-Braunfels In Texas aufgenommen von der Südwestseite im Sommer 1847

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Panorama Der Stadt Neu-Braunfels In Texas aufgenommen von der Südwestseite im Sommer 1847
CultureGerman
Titles
  • Panorama Der Stadt Neu-Braunfels In Texas aufgenommen von der Südwestseite im Sommer 1847
Date1851
Printed inBerlin, Germany
Place depictedNew Braunfels, Texas, United States
MediumLithograph on paper
DimensionsSheet (Overall sheet in two overlapping pieces): 13 13/16 × 43 9/16 in. (35.1 × 110.6 cm)
Image: 6 3/8 × 38 in. (16.3 × 96.5 cm)
Sheet (Right sheet): 13 13/16 × 21 3/4 in. (35.1 × 55.2 cm)
Sheet (Left sheet): 13 13/16 × 22 1/4 in. (35.1 × 56.5 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, museum purchase funded by Rose Cullen in honor of Harry H. Cullen, co-chairman of "One Great Night in November, 1998"
Object numberB.98.22
Not on view

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Department
Bayou Bend
Object Type
DescriptionThis expansive view of New Braunfels was produced in conjunction with the land promotion of an association of German noblemen, the Adelsverein, who founded settlements in Texas during the 1840s and 1850s. New Braunfels, the largest town, was named for Prince Carl of Solms-Braunfels, the president of the Adelsverein. This sweeping panorama of the Texas countryside is by Conrad Caspar Rordorf, a German engraver, etcher, and watercolorist. It affirms the observations recorded by one of his contemporaries, Doctor Ferdinand Roemer, who described the setting as “a beautiful and commanding view of the whole town, and of the neighboring hills, forests, and valleys, for several miles around.”
Provenance[William Reese Company, New Haven, Connecticut]; purchased by MFAH, 1998.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, above image, center: SPECIAL-KARTEN / Besitzungen des Texas-Vereines / nebst einer Generalkarte des Staates Texas nach den durch Congrefsbeschlufs vom Sept 1851 in Washington neuerdings festgestellten Grenzen und einer Instruction für deutsche Auswanderer / PANORAMA DER STADT NEU-BRAUNFELS IN TEXAS / aufgenommen von der Südwestseite im Sommer 1847
Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, below image, left: Lith. V.J. Tempeltey.
Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, below image, center: Im eigenen Verlage des Vereins zu Wiesbaden
Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, below image, right: Druck b. Gebr. Delius in Berlin

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