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Essen Collection

Background imageEssen Collection: The Tower-Flanked Mass of the Karstadthaus Built in a Working-Class District, c1935

The Tower-Flanked Mass of the Karstadthaus Built in a Working-Class District, c1935. From Our Wonderful World, Volume I, edited by J.A. Hammerton. [The Amalgamated Press, Ltd. London]

Background imageEssen Collection: The garden of the hospital at Saint-Remy, 1889

The garden of the hospital at Saint-Remy, 1889. Found in the Collection of Museum Folkwang, Essen

Background imageEssen Collection: Contes Barbares (Barbarian Tales)

Contes Barbares (Barbarian Tales). Found in the Collection of Museum Folkwang, Essen

Background imageEssen Collection: Woman with a Fan

Woman with a Fan. Found in the Collection of Museum Folkwang, Essen

Background imageEssen Collection: Portrait of General Peter Kirillovich Essen (1772-1844)

Portrait of General Peter Kirillovich Essen (1772-1844). Found in the Collection of State Museum of Leo Tolstoy, Moscow

Background imageEssen Collection: Woman before the Rising Sun, ca 1818. Artist: Friedrich, Caspar David (1774-1840)

Woman before the Rising Sun, ca 1818. Artist: Friedrich, Caspar David (1774-1840)
Woman before the Rising Sun, ca 1818. Found in the collection of Museum Folkwang, Essen

Background imageEssen Collection: Portrait of General Anton Antonovich von Essen (1797-1863) (From the Album of the Imperial Horse)

Portrait of General Anton Antonovich von Essen (1797-1863) (From the Album of the Imperial Horse Guards), 1846-1849. Found in the collection of the Institut of Russian Literature IRLI (Pushkin-House)

Background imageEssen Collection: The Krupp gun factory number 1, Essen, Germany, World War I, 1917

The Krupp gun factory number 1, Essen, Germany, World War I, 1917. Krupp supplied the German armys heavy artillery pieces during the First World War. A photograph from Der Grosse Krieg in Bildern

Background imageEssen Collection: Steel production, Krupp factory, Essen, Germany, World War I, 1917

Steel production, Krupp factory, Essen, Germany, World War I, 1917. In 1917 and 1918, Krupp produced seven Paris Guns, huge artillery pieces designed to fire shells at Paris from over 80 miles away

Background imageEssen Collection: Bird s-eye view of Krupps works, Essen, Germany, 1876

Bird s-eye view of Krupps works, Essen, Germany, 1876. In 1826, aged only 14, Alfred Krupp (1812-1887) took over the steel-making factory founded by his father Friedrich

Background imageEssen Collection: Puddling furnace and mechanical hammer, Krupps Works, Essen, Germany, 19th century

Puddling furnace and mechanical hammer, Krupps Works, Essen, Germany, 19th century. Pig iron is being puddled to remove carbon and oxygen, after which the ball of hot metal (bloom) was then hammered

Background imageEssen Collection: Interior view, Krupp works, Essen, Ruhr, Germany, World War I, 1917

Interior view, Krupp works, Essen, Ruhr, Germany, World War I, 1917. Krupp enjoyed a monopoly on arms manufacturing in Germany during World War I

Background imageEssen Collection: Krupp s, (1919). Creator: Unknown

Krupp s, (1919). Creator: Unknown
Krupp s, (1919). This famous cannon foundry, where most of the engines of war employed by the German nation are manufactured, is situated in Essen, a town in the Rhenish Prussian coalfields


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