ADAM'S THE LIBRARY COLLECTION 29th April 2025

123 www.adams.ie The Library Collection | 29 th April 2025 220 CARL HILGERS (GERMAN 1818-1890) Amazon on Horseback Bronze, 53.5cm high (including marble base), 33cm wide, 18.5cm deep Signed ‘C. Hilgers’; also with an applied plaque to base Provenance: The dedication on the plaque to the base translates from German as follows “To Mr. Hans Barnbrock In memory of the Schwabenland Dedicated by the representatives of HAPAG in Württemberg and Hohenzollern Stutt - gart, 31 December 1929”. € 2,000 - 3,000 The dedication likely commemorates Hans Barnbrock’s contributions to HAPAG (Hamburg-Amerikanische Packet- fahrt-Actien-Gesellschaft), also known as the Hamburg America Line, one of the preeminent German shipping compa- nies of the era. Hans Barnbrock appears as a cabin passenger on the SS Pennsylvania’s manifest dated April 22, 1902. The SS Pennsylvania was a vessel operated by the Hamburg America Line in the early 20th century. The reference to Schwabenland in the dedication likely alludes to the vessel MS Schwabenland, a catapult ship operated by HAPAG, which later became significant for its role in the German Antarctic Expedition of 1938–39.