print; book-illustration

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Object Type: print; book-illustration
Museum number: 1837,0616.12
Title: Series: Illustrations to Fronsperger's 'Kriegsbuch'
Description: A cannoneer aiming at a tower; the cannon front left pointing at the tower set in a landscape in the right background. One line of letterpress above. Illustration to L. Fronsperger, 'Kriegßbuch, Ander Theyl', Frankfurt: Feyerabend, 1573. 1573 Woodcut and letterpress
Producer name: Print made by: Jost Amman; Printed by: Martin Lechler; Published by: Sigmund Feierabend
School/style
Production date: 1573
Production place: Published in: Frankfurt am Main
Materials
Technique: woodcut; letterpress
Dimensions: Height: 50 millimetres (Borderline); Width: 141 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references: New Hollstein (German) / The New Hollstein: German engravings, etchings and woodcuts 1400-1700 (IV.94.40) (Jost Amman); Andresen 1868 / Beiträge zur älteren niederdeutschen Kupferstichkunde des 15. und 16. Jahrhunderts (I.364.226.40r)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: arms/armour; military
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Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1837
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1837,0616.12

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