Errinerung an Ferdinand Raimund.
lith. v. Lauzedelli. gemalt v. Schilcher gedr. John. Höfelich.
Verlaf und Eigenthum von L.T. Neumann in Wein [n.d., c.1836].
Lithograph on chine collé, on paper with printed title. Sheet 500 x 350mm (19¾ x 13¾").
A portrait of Ferdinand Raimund (1790-1836), Austrian actor and dramatist, in the role of Valentine in his play 'Der Verschwender (Spendthrift)' (1834), holding a wood plane. The print was published as a memorial: in 1836 Raimund, a known hypocodriac, shot himself wrongly thinking a dog that bit him was rabid. He took a week to die.
[Ref: 55712] £360.00
Verlaf und Eigenthum von L.T. Neumann in Wein [n.d., c.1836].
Lithograph on chine collé, on paper with printed title. Sheet 500 x 350mm (19¾ x 13¾").
A portrait of Ferdinand Raimund (1790-1836), Austrian actor and dramatist, in the role of Valentine in his play 'Der Verschwender (Spendthrift)' (1834), holding a wood plane. The print was published as a memorial: in 1836 Raimund, a known hypocodriac, shot himself wrongly thinking a dog that bit him was rabid. He took a week to die.
[Ref: 55712] £360.00