KøbenhanskeMotiver_1587-1807

following year. In the latter all the buildings on the left were consumed by the flames. Between the Stock Ex­ change and the Chancellery we have the Bank, built 1788 by Peter Meyn, mainly after drawings by C. F. Harsdorff. It was torn down 1 8 7 0 . The sheet is more meticulous than Bundsen's other views - perhaps it was meant as a pre­ patory drawing for an etching. 12 9 V IEW OF RHEDEN 1 7 9 4 Since 17 8 0 there was a League of Armed Neutrality be­ tween Prussia, Russia, Sweden and Denmark-Norway. W ith England's entering the war against France Novem­ ber 17 9 3 this league was revived, and March 2 7 , 17 9 4 , a Swedish-Danish convention of neutrality was signed. It said that the two powers were to furnish 1 6 warships each for a fleet which, if occasion should arise, could be used under combined command and ensure the Baltic as closed waters. Here we see the Danish-Swedish squadron on Rheden (the roadstead outside Copenhagen). On the right Bomlobet and in the background Nyholm . 1 3 0 V IEW TOW AR D S N YH O LM 1 7 9 5 The view is taken from a position somewhat more south­ erly than the previous picture. The rendering of the build­ ings on Nyholm is not irreproachable, since the Rigging Sheers actually parallels the Main Guard in the back­ ground. The barge in the middle of the picture carries a Swedish flag. The large warship on the right-hand side of the picture is the ship of the line, "O d in ". Just like to-day, Langelinie was also then a favourite spot with the Copen­ hageners who went for walks and looked at the foreign ships. 1 3 1 THE HARBOUR BETWEEN THE KWESTHUS BRIDGE A N D THE N A V A L HARBOUR c. 179° W e look towards the north, with the large warehouses in the foreground to the left, while the Rigging Sheers of

1 2 6 THE CUSTOM HOUSE c. 17 9 0 By filling up the area between the present St. Annæ Square and the Custom House 17 0 8 -0 9 the whole coast­ line was regulated, and the reclamation was laid for stor­ age yards for the Copenhagen merchants; between the yards and the canal surrounding Amalienborg Ny Told- bodg^de was made. A t the end of the century the Botani­ cal Gardens, which since 1 7 5 1 had lain between the Citadel and Frederiksstaden, were demolished. Thus the foundation was laid for a considerable site for bonded warehouses for the big trading companies, which with the King's support soon built a number of warehouses. Here we see the old Botanical Gardens with a corner of the main building of the Custom House to the right, and the gateway to Am a- liegade in the background. To the left two of the large warehouses - both decorated with flags. The nearest one is the three-storeyed Westindian warehouse. Both were built after C. F. Harsdorff's plans 1 7 7 8 - 8 3 . Reproduced p. 7 8 . The drawing is a prepatory sketch for the scenery and back cloth of a play, but at the same time it is, from a topographical point of view, a rather accurate description of the entrance of the Custom House area at the end of the 1 8 th century. It stood - and still stands, though in a modified shape — at the end of Toldbodvej (i.e. Esplana- den). The two buildings flanking the entrance were both public houses. On the right "Toldbod V inhu s" (the custom house pub), the most distinguished of the two, while the one on the other side was called "Brokkens Bod" after its first proprietor, Jens Brock. 1 2 7 ENTRANCE TO THE CUSTOM HOUSE AREA c. 1 7 9 1

1 2 8 THE PALACE SQUARE 17 9 3 The view renders the Palace Square just before the Palace was burnt down in February 1 7 9 4 and the city fire the

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