Prints and drawings of Viennese and Austrian scenes
Scope and Contents
Collection of European topical prints and drawings by various artists and printers, some unidentified, created circa 1600 through 1904. The bulk of the collection consists of urban and rural scenes and cityscapes, primarily in Vienna, as well as other Austrian cities and towns and some cities in Germany, the Netherlands, and Switzerland. Subjects of prints and drawings include churches, buildings, public works, palaces and castles, public squares, parks and gardens, and train stations in Vienna. Also included are general Vienna city views and depictions of towns, suburbs, and districts in and around Vienna and throughout Austria. The collection also includes printed documents with manuscript signatures, illustrated narrative scenes, a few portraits, and some unidentified images. Identified artists include Rudolf von Alt, W. H. Bartlett, Robert Batty, Tranquillo Mollo, and Jos. Trentsensky. Many prints include hand coloring.
Dates
- circa 1600-1904
Language of Materials
Captions in German, Latin, French, and English.
Conditions Governing Access
The materials are open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
The Collection of Prints and Drawings of Viennese and Austrian Scenes is the physical property of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the appropriate curator.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Hans P. Kraus to the Yale University Library Graphic Arts Collection, 1965. Transferred from the Arts of the Book Collection (formerly Graphic Arts Collection), Sterling Memorial Library, Yale University, 2006.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged topically and is organized into five series: I. Views. II. Documents. III. Illustrative narrative scenes. IV. Portraits. V. Unidentified.
Extent
7.5 Linear Feet (5 boxes)
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Abstract
Collection of European topical prints and drawings by various artists and printers, some unidentified, created circa 1600 through 1904. The bulk of the collection consists of urban and rural scenes and cityscapes, primarily in Vienna, as well as other Austrian cities and towns and some cities in Germany, the Netherlands, and Switzerland. Subjects of prints and drawings include churches, buildings, public works, palaces and castles, public squares, parks and gardens, and train stations in Vienna. Also included are general Vienna city views and depictions of towns, suburbs, and districts in and around Vienna and throughout Austria. The collection also includes printed documents with manuscript signatures, illustrated narrative scenes, a few portraits, and some unidentified images. Identified artists include Rudolf von Alt, W. H. Bartlett, Robert Batty, Tranquillo Mollo, and Jos. Trentsensky. Many prints include hand coloring.
Custodial History
This collection was previously housed in the Graphic Arts Collection at Sterling Memorial Library filed under the title "Topographical Prints, Vienna" and "Topographical Prints & Drawings, Austria - 15th-17th c." The Graphic Arts Collection was renamed The Arts of the Book Collection circa 1972.
Separated Materials
Large groups of prints and drawings by one creator were separated from the original accession and cataloged separately. These include: Therese Holbein von Holbeinsberg, Paintings of Austrian Landscapes. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Processing Information
Collections are processed to a variety of levels, depending on the work necessary to make them usable, their perceived research value, the availability of staff, competing priorities, and whether or not further accruals are expected. The library attempts to provide a basic level of preservation and access for all collections and does more extensive processing of higher priority collections as time and resources permit.
This collection received a basic level of processing, including rehousing and minimal organization.
Information included in the Description of Papers note and Collection Contents section is drawn from information supplied with the collection and from an initial survey of the contents. Folder titles were supplied by staff during initial processing.
This finding aid may be updated periodically to account for new acquisitions to the collection and/or revisions in arrangement and description.
Former call number: Uncat MSS 866
- Alt, Rudolf von, 1812-1905
- Architecture -- Austria -- Vienna -- Pictorial works
- Austria -- Pictorial works
- Bartlett, W. H. (William Henry), 1809-1854
- Batty, Robert, 1788 or 1789-1848
- Castles -- Austria -- Vienna -- Pictorial works
- Church Buildings -- Austria -- Vienna -- Pictorial works
- Cities and towns -- Austria -- Pictorial works
- Drawings (visual works)
- Germany -- Pictorial works
- Mollo, Tranquillo, 1767-1837
- Netherlands -- Pictorial works
- Palaces -- Austria -- Vienna -- Pictorial works
- Parks -- Austria -- Vienna -- Pictorial works
- Plazas -- Austria -- Vienna -- Pictorial works
- Printouts
- Railroad stations -- Austria -- Vienna -- Pictorial works
- Streets -- Austria -- Vienna -- Pictorial works
- Switzerland -- Pictorial works
- Trentsensky, Jos. (Joseph), 1793-1839
- Vienna (Austria) -- Pictorial works
- Title
- Prints and drawings of Viennese and Austrian scenes
- Author
- Eve C. Neiger
- Date
- October 2016
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Part of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Repository
Location
121 Wall Street
New Haven, CT 06511
Opening Hours
Access Information
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