About this motif
Around 1800 the castle ruins were largely left to themselves and overgrown with plants. That is precisely what made them so appealing to the Romantics.
Peters' etching "Heidelberg around 1800" shows the ruins in dark tones above dense undergrowth, with a large tree on the right. Image about 9 x 12 cm on a 20 x 25 cm sheet, black and white or hand-coloured, framed on request.
