About this motif
Before the large bridges were built, Cologne's riverbank was a place for fishermen, boatmen and carters. Ferries and sailing ships defined the scene, and people worked and traded on the shore.
Peters' large etching "Cologne around 1830" shows such riverside life: people, boats and cargo on the sandy bank, tall masts with pennants on the right and the city in the distance. Image about 12 x 16 cm, black and white or hand-coloured, framed on request.
