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THE CUSTOM HOUSE c.
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By filling up the area between the present St. Annæ
Square and the Custom House
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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
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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
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.
Reproduced p.
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ENTRANCE TO THE CUSTOM HOUSE AREA
c.
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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
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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.
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THE PALACE SQUARE
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The view renders the Palace Square just before the Palace
was burnt down in February
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and the city fire the
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
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. The sheet is more meticulous than
Bundsen's other views - perhaps it was meant as a pre
patory drawing for an etching.
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V IEW OF RHEDEN
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Since
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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
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this league was revived, and March
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,
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, a
Swedish-Danish convention of neutrality was signed. It
said that the two powers were to furnish
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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 .
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V IEW TOW AR D S N YH O LM
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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.
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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
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