Marginal Illustration with Figures

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Three busy figures can be seen from the waist up embedded in a vertical scroll ornament — Marginal illustration with figures.

Artist

Name:: Unknown
Country:: Germany

Illustration

Subject:: Ornaments & patterns
Technique:: Wood engraving
Engraver:: Xylographic Institute of Kaspar Braun & von Dessauer
Format:: Portrait (taller)
Source:: The Library of Congress, the Internet Archive
Observations:: Artist is Eugen Napoleon Neureuther or Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld

Book

Title:: Der Nibelungen Noth
Author(s):: Pfizer, Gustav (revision of the text)
Publisher:: Stuttgart, Tübingen: J. G. Cotta’scher Verlag, 1843
Open Library:: View record

Description

Three busy figures (working metal, polishing a helmet, and sowing or embroidering) can be seen from the waist up embedded in a vertical scroll ornament with foliage and flowers.

Keywords: 1840s, 19th century, black & white, flower, foliage, mixed genders, working