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The oldest kn ow n view s o f the completed monumental
houses in Frederiksstaden are from 1756 . A t this time the
M oltke House - the first one to be built - had been finish
ed for tw o years. The engravin g show s the bu ilding as it
looked until H arsdorff rebuilt it in 179 4 when the tw o
passages connecting the corps de logis w ith the pavilions
were hegihtened b y one storey. This expansion as w ell as
the bu ildin g o f the Colonade w as a result of the R oyal
fam ily's m ovin g to Am alienborg at the burning down of
C hristiansborg 1794. O n the left w e get a glim pse of Am a-
liegade w ith the stable, standing next to a private house.
O n the right Frederiksgade and in the background the
B ernstorff House.
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THE MOLTKE HOUSE 1756
79 THE O R PH AN A G E O N CH R IST IAN SH A V N 1758
The R oyal O rphanage w as founded 175 3 , and 17 5 4 -5 5 a
house for the institution was built on Christianshavn.
Builder master J. C. Conradi w as in charge of the construc
tion, but it is uncertain whether he also made the plans.
The house still stands almost unaltered at O vergaden oven
Vandet. H ow ever, the two triangular pediments above
the sideressauts have been removed, and the roof has also
undergone certain m inor changes. 17 7 5 the institution
m oved to St. Kongensgade, and tw o years later the build
in g w e see here w as converted into a n aval hospital - thus
the name Søkvæ sthuset. O n the left tw o of the rampart
m ills and on the right the new ly-erected spire o f V o r Frel
sers kirke (the Church of O u r Saviour).
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CO PENH AG EN FROM THE SEA c. 1759
This pencil draw ing must be a sketch for the follow in g cat.
no. dated 1759 . The tw o view s are seen from exactly the
same angle, and th ey correspond in the sm allest detail,
such as for instance the w indm ill arms w hich are all in the
same position. The finished sheet from 1759 , how ever, in
cludes a little more o f the tow n on the right-hand side,
w h ile the ornam ental ships on Rheden (the roadstead) in
the sketch have been reduced to one ship, and that only in
rough draught. Furthermore, the sketch also lacks the
tower and spire o f the Christians Church, and this is correct
since at the opening of the church in D ecember 1759 only
the tw o low er storeys o f the tow er had been constructed
- the rest w as added 10 years later. The tw o sheets have
not earlier been combined, but on the other hand they
have both separately been ascribed to J. J. Bruun.
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CO PENH AG EN FROM THE SEA 1759
O b vio u sly, this big, carefu lly w o rked-out sheet must have
been made after sketches draw n on a ship outside the har
bour, from where the artist comm anded the view over the
city from Christian sh avn to the C itadel. The preceding cat.
no. is such a pencil draw in g sh ow in g the city as it appear
ed to the m an y w h o approached b y sea from the north.
A couple o f n ew spires are seen to rise above the roofs:
that of V o r Frelsers kirke (the Church o f O u r Saviour, 8),
and St. Petri Church (5), w h ile the spire o f the Christians
Church and p artly the tow er, too, m ust be copied after an
architectural draw in g since the still existin g obelisk spire
w as not erected until 176 8 -6 9 . The v iew also gives a good
impression o f the n aval grounds on N yh olm w ith Hoved
vagten (the M ain Guard, 16) and the riggin g houses (17).
In the background a little to the righ t o f the middle Fre
deriksberg Palace (13).
Reproduced pp. 5 6 -5 7 .
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B IRD 'S-EYE V IEW O F CO PENH AG EN 1760-61
In 175 6 Christian Gedde, chief clerk o f works,
received
the order to make a map o f the quarters of Copenhagen
and a perspective general map "8 feet long and across with
proportions as in the map o f P aris", i.e., Turgot's plan of
Paris from 1734. The map o f quarters w as executed on the
basis of the city su rveyo r's careful measurements and is
today u su ally called "G edd e's m ap ". It was finished in
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