William Tombleson. Ruins of Godesberg. GERMANY/ENGLAND. 1830.Print from steel engraving titled „Ruine Godesberg“.Drawn by William Tombleson.Engraved by T. Cox.Published by Black & Armstrong, London.Notes: Aus. D. Kunstant. D. Bibliogr. Instit. in Hildbh / Eigenthum d. Verleger.William Tombleson (1795 - c. 1846) was an English topographical and architecture artist, illustrator, copper and steel engraver, writer and printmaker, based in London. In the 1830s, his topographical drawings of the upper and middle River Rhine in Germany, and of the rivers Thames and Medway in England were published as engraved prints and books (see bibliography). For volume 1 of "Views of the Rhine etc." he provided 69 illustrations - the book was also published in French and German editions.The Godesburg is a castle in Bad Godesberg, a formerly independent part of Bonn, Germany. Built in the early 13th century on the Godesberg, a hill of volcanic origin, it was largely destroyed following a siege in 1583 at the start of the Cologne War. In 1891, the German emperor Wilhelm II donated the castle's ruin to the city of Bad Godesberg. In 1959, the ruin was rebuilt according to plans by Gottfried Böhm, to house a hotel and restaurant. Today, the restaurant is still in operation, but the hotel tract has been divided into apartments.Approx. image size 15 x 9, 8/26, 3 x 18, 1 cm.

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