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Artist
- Name:
- Ehrhardt, Adolf
- Dates:
- 1813-1899
- Country:
- Germany
Illustration
- Subject:
- People
- Technique:
- Wood engraving
- Format:
- Landscape (wider)
- Source:
- Robarts Library, the Internet Archive
Book
- Title:
- Deutsches Balladenbuch
- Author(s):
- Collective work
- Publisher:
- Leipzig: Georg Wigand's Verlag, 1852
- Open Library:
- View
- Open Library:
- View record.
Description
A figure holding a sword and a shield stands on a background of trophies (flags, weapons, parts of armor) taken from the enemy.
This illustration was used as a headpiece for “Die Schlachten” (The battles), part four of the poem Die Eroberung von Norwegen (The conquest of Norway) by Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué.
Keywords: 1850s, 19th century, black & white, sword, warrior, weaponry