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¶ 2 Leave a comment on paragraph 2 1 of pictures on Sale by Carl Merkel, one of the distinguished artists, whos [sic] pictures hang in the public galleries. Found several pleasing pictures and several copies of others. Then we bow ourselves out with praises and promises, and go to the studio of Carl Millner the celebrated landscape painter, a modest pleasant little man with a small studio, working upon orders. I wish I felt able to buy his splendid works. He made the great bridge picture for Mr. Amasa Stone. I presented Mr Geo Howes letter of introduction and departed, to stop again, at the sale gallery of Van Gelder where the proprietor, able to talk a little English was untiring in thrusting before us his entire stock- None of the displays can equal that of Wimmer & Co but their pieces are much less.
¶ 3 Leave a comment on paragraph 3 1 One square distant from this Hotel we find the “Museum” opposite to the new govt buildings before referred to. On the ground floor to the left we find Egyptian Roman rude carvings since the 100th cy, old scraps of metal 1400 to 1500 years old, mosaic floors, beads, and the 5th room containing plaster casts and photographs of antiques, all for sale- uninterresting to me- then back to the right wing which contains scarcely anything but old church relics and carving
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Carl Gottlieb Merkel (1817 – 1897)
Carl Millner (1825-1895) was born in Mindelheim Germany in 1825. At age 26 he moved to Munich to pursue his interest in painting. While in Munich he was influenced by the heroic landscape style of painting by Carl Rottman. Millner chose the dramatic high mountain imagery of the Alps as his theme and explored the mountainous terrain. In 1853 he met Edourd Schleich the elder, who became an important influence. Schleich focused on the Munich plains as his subject matter while Millner remained focused on the high Alps. In 1857 Millner developed a relationship with dealer Daniel Loffel that brought him financial stability. (http://www.askart.com/artist/Carl_Millner/11010263/Carl_Millner.aspx)
“The gallery of Wimmer and Co. has been in existence since 1825, and is probably the best know of its kind in the world. The members of this firm have acquired such a reputation for probity that orders are sent to them from all parts, leaving subject and price to their taste and judgment.”
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“An extensive collection of modern pictures on view and for sale can be seen at Van Gelder’s Gallery No. 1 Karolinenplatz.”
The American Travellers’ Guides: Harper’s Hand-Book for Travellers in Europe and the East, Vol. II by William Pembroke Fetridge, p. 658