illustrated book; print

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Object Type: illustrated book; print
Museum number: 1880,0911.1993-2032
Description: "Goethe-Album. Von Ludwig Richter" (Leipzig, Georg Wigand) n.d. [c. 1875?]; containing 40 wood-engraved vignettes by various printmakers after Ludwig Richter, illustrating verses from Goethe. Bound with letterpress titlepage. Wood-engravings
Producer name: After: Ludwig Richter; Printed by: Breitkopf and Härtel; Published by: Georg Wigand; Print made by: Fedor Reusche; Print made by: Franz Wilhelm Obermann (?); Print made by: Ferdinand Riewel (?); Print made by: Moritz Ferdinand Geringswald
School/style
Production date: c. 1875 (?)
Production place: Published in: Leipzig
Materials
Technique: wood-engraving; letterpress
Dimensions: Height: 290 millimetres; Width: 210 millimetres (approx. sheet size of each page)
Curator's comments: Also bound in this volume are Richter's "Für's Haus" (1880,0911,1919 to 1977) and "Bilder und Vignetten" (1880,0911,1978 to 1992).
Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Subjects: poetry; time/seasons; society/human life; courtship/love; traveller/travel
Associated names
Associated titles
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1880
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1880,0911.1993-2032

Free entry