Frederiksborg Castle near Copenhagen, Antique Steel Engraving, circa 1850

Frederiksborg Castle in Denmark, an original antique steel engraving, uncolored, circa 1850. The caption below the image reads SCHLOSS FRIEDERICHSBURG bey Copenhagen., that is, Frederiksborg Castle near Copenhagen.

The castle rises across still water at the center of the plate, its tall corner towers and slender spires reflected in the lake. At the left a tall spired gate tower stands over a single arched gateway beside a long roofed range, and a low fence and bushes fill the lower left corner. A family group stands on the near bank looking across the water: a man in a top hat, two women in wide skirts and two small children, with a second man carrying a cane a little apart. A pair of tall trees closes the composition on the right.

The plate is lettered at lower left, just below the image, Gez. v. C. Reiss (drawn by C. Reiss). The imprint at lower left reads Aus d. Kunstanst. d. Bibl. Inst. in Hildbh. (from the art works of the Bibliographisches Institut in Hildburghausen), and at lower right Eigenthum der Verleger (property of the publishers). The plate number CCCCXXXX is engraved at the top right.

The sheet comes from a dealer's album rather than from a bound set. Meyer's Universum was a serial collection of engraved views with descriptive text, published by Joseph Meyer's Bibliographisches Institut at Hildburghausen from 1833, its plates engraved on steel. Frederiksborg was built for King Christian IV in the early seventeenth century, and much of the main building was destroyed by fire in 1859, after this view was engraved.

Handling soiling along the bottom edge. A few small foxing spots in the margin. Corners and edges are not shown by this scan. Clean, even paper tone in the margin. Several larger brown marks.

This is an original antique print, not a modern reproduction. This item is sold unframed.