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Borkum – Disembarkation Boat. The holiday guests changing from the boat into the high-wheeled wagon waiting in water just up to the horses’ belly. Wood engraving by H. Wagner after Johannes Gehrts (St. Pauli/Hamburg 1855 – Dusseldorf 1921) at Adolf Closs, Stuttgart. (1880/81.) Inscribed in the stock: Joh. Gehrts (18)80 / A. Closs X. I. H. Wagner sc., and typographically per subtext in German as above. 8.8 x 18.7 cm.
“ From the ship you climb down into the boat and are lead by the same a short distance to the wagons which have driven up through the shallow water as far as possible. Onto these you have to … climb up … Then follows the drive … ”
BACK: Bathing before the cabin cart on Borkum. Wood engraving after Gehrts as before. Inscribed in the stock: Joh. G. 7.9 x 9.8 cm. – Continuous local text on both sides about arrival & tourism on Borkum.
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„ Danke für den wunderbaren (Ridinger-)Scan … der meine Argumentation zur Verwechslung in der Staffierung der Porzellane dokumentarisch bestens belegt. Darf ich um Ihre Zustimmung bitten, ihn in meiner Arbeit zeigen zu dürfen? “
(Herr J. R., 7. Juni 2004)