About this motif
Around 1580 Essen was a small town with walls and towers, surrounded by fields. Nothing yet hinted at the later industrial metropolis.
Peters' landscape sheet "Essen around the year 1580" shows the town with pointed church towers behind walls, fields, paths and a cart in front and a banner reading "Civitatis Essensis exactiss. descrip." at the top. Image about 9 x 12 cm on a 20 x 25 cm sheet, black and white or hand-coloured, framed on request.