Frederiksborg Castle—Gate-Tower

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View of the gate-tower at Frederiksborg Castle with villagers in the foreground

The gate-tower at Frederiksborg Castle, Denmark.

Artist

Name:: Mayer, Auguste Etienne François
Dates:: 1805-1890
Country:: France

Illustration

Subject:: Buildings & Monuments
Technique:: Lithograph
Lithographer:: Mayer, Auguste Etienne François
Format:: Portrait (taller)
Source:: Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:: Voyages en Scandinavie, en Laponie, au Spitzberg et aux Feröe (Atlas, vol. 1)
Author:: Gaimard, Paul (under the direction of)
Publisher:: Paris: Arthus-Bertrand, n.d. [1852]

Description:

Frederiksborg Castle’s gate‑tower rises behind a lively foreground of people busy around carts and wheelbarrows or moving through the gate. The tower is an early seventeenth‑century brick building.

The caption reads in the original French: Château de Frederiksborg, La grosse tour. Danemark.

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{{cite web | title=Frederiksborg Castle—Gate-Tower | url=https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/tower-frederiksborg/ | author=Mayer, Auguste Etienne François | year=n.d. [1852] | access-date=April 24, 2026 | publisher=Old Book Illustrations}}