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Postcard 1910s Rothenburg ob der Tauber Weißer Turm Germany Art J. Frank
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Pre-linen · 1912

Postcard 1910s Rothenburg ob der Tauber Weißer Turm Germany Art J. Frank

Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany1912Pre-linenGood

A warm golden light bathes the medieval Weißer Turm (White Tower) in Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Bavaria, as rendered in luminous oil-style chromolithography by artist J. Frank — a figure strolls the cobbled lane below while a small dog trots ahead, capturing the unhurried rhythm of life in one of Germany's most perfectly preserved walled towns. The tower, originally a Jewish community gate dating to the 13th century, anchors a streetscape of half-timbered façades and steeply pitched rooflines that seems unchanged across centuries; Frank's painterly technique, reproduced here by Nuremberg's respected Noris Kunstverlag (Emil Köhn), gives the scene a rich, almost amber glow that photographic postcards of the era could never match.

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PC-04741 · Noris Kunstverlag Emil Köhn, Nürnberg
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