Georg Balthasar Probst. Strasburg. 1780 11_01_23 and chromolithographs capture the poetry

and chromolithographs capture the poetry and the majesty of the wilderness

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Georg Balthasar Probst. Strasburg. 1780 11_01_23 and chromolithographs capture the poetryGeorg Balthasar Probst (16731748)Argentoratum, StrasburgAugsburg: c. 1780Engraving on two joined sheetsSheet size: 17" x 43" A dramatic and finely detailed panoramic view of Strasbourg, engraved by Georg Balthasar Probst and issued from Augsburg in the late 18th century. Seen from the west, the city stretches across the horizon, crowned by the soaring spire of the Strasbourg Cathedralthen the tallest building in the world. Probsts work belongs to the