Korn, Carl Gotthilf Wilhelm (sold)
Carl Gotthilf Wilhelm Korn (fl. c. 1850 - 1871), signed simply as 'W. Korn' or later as 'Photolith. Inst. v. W. Korn and Co.', was a lithographer based in Berlin. Little information on his life is available. His firm was seemingly unrelated to the contemporary publisher Ernst and Korn, co-founded by Heinrich Korn (1829 - 1907).
One of the earliest views of Hong Kong.
Hong Kong.
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This rare c. 1864 lithograph of Hong Kong Harbor, printed by Wilhelm Korn in Berlin, represents one of the earliest printed views of Hong Kong. The image was drawn during the Eulenburg Expedition, a Prussian attempt to establish trading relations with Siam, China, and Japan. It is also one of the earliest examples of photolithography. (more details)