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L.  Fröhlich

c. 19^th century

(The Fairytaler.) Sitting on a way in the meadow and surrounded by boys and girls of every age. Steel engraving by William French (c. 1815 – East Grinstead 1898). 3^rd quarter of the 19^th century. 15,3 18.3 cm.
Offer no. 14,222 / EUR  46. (c. US$ 74.) + shipping

Gustav  Preyer

?, Mermelskirchen 1801 – Munich 1839

(A Sparrow's Breakfast.) On the snowy road in a hazy morning a group of sparrows contends for the left assets of a horse while ignoring that of the rider – a pipe's head. Meanwhile both in the middle distance. Here a farm, too. Steel engraving by Thomas Heawood (c. 1850 – Leipsic before 1911). C. 1840. 16.1 x 18.2 cm.

" His preference drew (Gustav Preyer) to painting landscapes, and that he had a calling for it several very well pictures show " (Nagler).

Offer no. 11,865 / EUR  60. (c. US$ 97.) + shipping

Eduard  Däge

1805 Berlin 1883

The Mother's Joy. Young woman with a suckling on her lap, sitting with her back leaned to a tree. In the valley church and lake. Steel engraving by Albert Henry Payne (London 1812 – Leipsic 1902). C. 1845. 16.2 x 17.9 cm.
Offer no. 14,225 / EUR  46. (c. US$ 74.) + shipping

Wilhelm  von  Kaulbach

Arolsen 1805 – Munich 1874

Kaulbach. (Painting the "Destroying of Jerusalem".) Sitting on a pedestal and working at the painting measuring about 6 x 7 metres and executed between 1842 + 1847. Steel engraving at Albert Henry Payne (London 1812 – Leipsic 1902), Leipsic + Dresden. C. 1850. 20.4 x 13 cm.
Offer no. 14,170 / EUR  40. (c. US$ 65.) + shipping

August  Ferdinand  Hopfgarten

1807 Berlin 1896

Almsgiving. At the entrance of the graveyard three little girls ask the two women coming to visit the graves – both with bible and cross in their hands – for alms which they receive of course. Steel engraving by Albert Henry Payne (London 1812 – Leipsic 1902). C. 1845. 15.8 x 17.6 cm.
Offer no. 14,231 / EUR  50. (c. US$ 81.) + shipping

Karl  von  Enhuber

Hof, Bavaria, 1811 – Munich 1867

(The Village Painter.) Sitting in his roof study with fur cap and a book on his knees. Behind the bench his wife holding a plaster figure – the theme of the book – and a palette. That of the artist on an old overturned vat though. Steel engraving by Albert Henry Payne (London 1812 – Leipsic 1902). C. 1845. 21 x 15.7 cm.
Offer no. 14,175 / EUR  50. (c. US$ 81.) + shipping

Vincent  Vidal

Carcassonne 1811 – Paris 1887

(Lord Byron as Boy.) In a black dress, standing on an armchair, a hat in his hand. Steel engraving by Albert Henry Payne (London 1812 – Leipsic 1902). C. 1845. 19.2 x 13 cm.
Offer no. 14,232 / EUR  50. (c. US$ 81.) + shipping

Johann  Georg  Meyer  of  Bremen

Bremen 1813 – Berlin 1886

The Flower Girl. Sitting to the left at a window, a basket full of flowers on her lap and binding a wreath. Steel engraving by Albert Henry Payne (London 1812 – Leipsic 1902). C. 1845. 22.2 x 15.2 cm. – Top rounded.
Offer no. 14,224 / EUR  50. (c. US$ 81.) + shipping

Célestin  Nanteuil

Rome 1813 – Marlotte 1873

(The Arcadians.) Young flute player sitting on the well and adored by two girls one of which together bathing her feet and holding a dog in her arms. Steel engraving by William French (c. 1815 – East Grinstead 1898). 3^rd quarter of the 19^th century. 22.3 x 15.3 cm.
Offer no. 14,230 / EUR  60. (c. US$ 97.) + shipping

Adolf  Tidemand

Mandal, Norway, 1814 – Kristiania 1876

(The Morning Visit.) The young woman with the still sleepy child on the lap listening to the tales of the neighbour. On the table coffee-pot and cups. Steel engraving by J. Heawood. C. 1850. 16.3 x 17.1 cm.
Offer no. 14,171 / EUR  40. (c. US$ 65.) + shipping

Julius  Friedrich  Anton  Schrader

1815 Berlin 1900

(The Chiotin at the Well.) In oriental costume, holding a jug under the fish-head bung-hole. On the left another woman with the already filled jug on her head going down to the village in the valley. Steel engraving by William French (c. 1815 – East Grinstead 1898). 3^rd quarter of the 19^th century. 19.8 x 14.4 cm.
Offer no. 14,229 / EUR  50. (c. US$ 81.) + shipping

Constant  Joseph  Brochart

Lille 1816 – Paris 1899

Mignonne. Young girl holding a cat at her chest that reaches out for her chin. Steel engraving by Koch. 3^rd quarter of the 19^th century. 16.6 x 11.2 cm. – Pendant to the following.
Offer no. 14,228 / EUR  46. (c. US$ 74.) + shipping

(The Rose's Greeting.) Young girl, on her lap a dog with a rose in its teeth. Steel engraving by C. Eulenstein. 3^rd quarter of the 19^th century. 16.6 x 11.1 cm. – Erroneously attributed to Brockach.
Offer no. 14,226 / EUR  46. (c. US$ 74.) + shipping

François  Antoine  de  Bruycker

Gent 1816 – 1882

(The Butterfly.) Old farmer's wife sitting at the loom by the open window, looking to the beautiful landscape, but mostly at the butterfly at the window that also attracts the attention of the cat. Steel engraving by Albert Henry Payne (London 1812 – Leipsic 1902). C. 1850. 18.2 x 13.4 cm.
Offer no. 5,636 / EUR  50. (c. US$ 81.) + shipping

(Dallying.) Little girl, playing with a cat. In front some vegetables in the background on the stove manifold kitchen utensils. Steel engraving by Albert Henry Payne (London 1812 – Leipsic 1902). C. 1850. 19.2 x 13.7 cm. – Boetticher 3.
Offer no. 11,883 / EUR  46. (c. US$ 74.) + shipping

Frederick  William  Burton

1816 Mungret, Limerick, Eire, – London 1900

(Sounds of Love.) Lady playing the harp. Behind view into the garden with an ancient statue. Steel engraving by William French (c. 1815 – East Grinstead 1898). C. 1850. 19.5 x 12 cm.
Offer no. 11,860 / EUR  50. (c. US$ 81.) + shipping

Harold  John  Stanley

Lincoln 1817 – Munich 1867

Isabelle. Young lady looking from her box with the opera glass. Steel engraving by Albert Henry Payne (London 1812 – Leipsic 1902). C. 1850. 14.8 x 16.5 cm.

Fine presentation of the opera glass and as such rare. – Stanley began with his studies at the London Academy, but is known especially as pupil of Kaulbach in Munich though.
Offer no. 6,450 / EUR  86. (c. US$ 139.) + shipping

(Knodler's first Studies.) The studious little Knodler kneeling at a footstool used as desk and writing what the elder girl at the door dictates. On the left another child. Steel engraving by Albert Henry Payne (London 1812 – Leipsic 1902). C. 1850. 18.2 x 11.3 cm.

Lovely sujet, to be attributed to Stanley's Tyrolese folk scenes. – Stanley began with his studies at the London Academy, but is known especially as pupil of Kaulbach in Munich though.
Offer no. 5,635 / EUR  50. (c. US$ 81.) + shipping

Christian  Eduard  Böttcher

Imgenbroich 1818 – Dusseldorf 1889

(The Friend's Day of Honour.) Young girl in traditional costume strewing flowers for bridal procession lead by a brass band. Steel engraving by Albert Henry Payne (London 1812 – Leipsic 1902). 3^rd quarter of the 19^th century. 19.5 x 13.3 cm. – Boetticher 14 ("Flowers strewn on the way").
Offer no. 11,889 / EUR  43. (c. US$ 69.) + shipping

Eduard  Hildebrandt

Danzig 1818 – Berlin 1869

The Wood Gatherers. 2 children with brushwood bundles and a dog on the banks of an obviously frozen water. In the hazy distance town and church. Steel engraving by Albert Henry Payne (London 1812 – Leipsic 1902). C. 1850. 15.9 x 18.5 cm.
Offer no. 11,876 / EUR  60. (c. US$ 97.) + shipping

(The Coastal Shipper's Children.) At the edge of the dunes watching a common crab. On the water two cutter. Steel engraving by Albert Henry Payne (London 1812 – Leipsic 1902). C. 1850. 15.5 x 18.3 cm. – Boetticher 36. – After Hildebrandt's painting of 1847.
Offer no. 11,862 / EUR  60. (c. US$ 97.) + shipping

(The Girl from Yasmund.) On the narrow strand of the steep coast with dog, looking out on the sea. Nearby boat and anchor. In the distance fishermen at a landed cutter. Steel engraving by Albert Henry Payne (London 1812 – Leipsic 1902). C. 1850. 18.3 x 13.6 cm.
Offer no. 11,863 / EUR  63. (c. US$ 102.) + shipping

Carl  Hilgers

1818 Dusseldorf 1890

Winter Amusements (Amsterdam). Smoking, drinking, chatting, and skating on the ice near the pier. Some masts showing up in the haze. Steel engraving by William French (c. 1815 – East Grinstead 1898). C. 1850. 16 x 18.3 cm.

Hilgers "was especially fortunate with winter landscapes, namely motifs from Holland: Skaters on the ice ..." (Thieme-Becker).
Offer no. 11,850 / EUR  65. (c. US$ 105.) + shipping

August  de  Wilde ?

Lokeren 1819 – St. Nicolas 1886

(The Sun Beam.) Young girl sitting in a mural arch at some needlework. Steel engraving by Albert Henry Payne (London 1812 – Leipsic 1902) after de Wildte. C. 1840. 16.5 x 11.8 cm.

Used as engraved title for Payne's Universum und Buch der Kunst, III.
Offer no. 8,792 / EUR  43. (c. US$ 69.) + shipping

Ludwig  Erdmann

Böddeken 1820 – Dusseldorf before 1891

(A Fine Specimen!) The artist standing on a small table reviewing – the brush still in his hand – his work: a somewhat naive sunflower over the mantelpiece. On the table several colour pots together with his coat and other painting utensils. Steel engraving by William French (c. 1815 – East Grinstead 1898). 3^rd quarter of the 19^th century. 19.3 x 14 cm.
Offer no. 14,197 / EUR  35. (c. US$ 56.) + shipping

Edouard  de  Beaumont

Lannion 1821 – Paris 1888

(Sweet Desire.) Young girl keeping with her right some apples in her skirt while holding a branch with cherries too high for the little boy. Steel engraving by William French (c. 1815 – East Grinstead 1898). 3^rd quarter of the 19^th century. 19.3 x 13.4 cm. – See the pendant by Charles Bargue.
Offer no. 14,306 / EUR  50. (c. US$ 81.) + shipping

Heinrich  Leutemann

Großschocher near Leipsic 1824 – Wittgensdorf, Chemnitz, 1905

(The unequal Comrades.) Girl admonishing dog, cat, and crow to peaceful community during feeding. At the gate a carriage and pair is made ready for fieldwork. Steel engraving by Albert Henry Payne (London 1812 – Leipsic 1902). C. 1840. 14.5 x 15.5 cm.
Offer no. 8,788 / EUR  50. (c. US$ 81.) + shipping

(The Morning.) Young girl feeding the poultry. While caressing one of the doves two others already setting about the corn while on the ground all stay in attentive expectation. Steel engraving by Albert Henry Payne (London 1812 – Leipsic 1902). C. 1850. 20.2 x 13.8 cm.
Offer no. 7,253 / EUR  50. (c. US$ 81.) + shipping

Julius  Sigismund  Röder

1824 Berlin 1860

(The Beetle Collector.) Boy and girl with May bugs. (1853.) Steel engraving by Albert Henry Payne (London 1812 – Leipsic 1902). 3^rd quarter of the 19^th century. 15.5 x 16.7 cm. – Boetticher 6.
Offer no. 14,173 / EUR  46. (c. US$ 74.) + shipping

Nanni. Flower girl, sitting on a stone bank. Steel engraving by William French (c. 1815 – East Grinstead 1898). 3^rd quarter of the 19^th century. 19.6 x 13.8 cm.
Offer no. 14,223 / EUR  46. (c. US$ 74.) + shipping

Charles  Bargue

1825 Paris 1883

(Little Eve.) Young girl in off-the-shoulder dress arrogantly withholding the apples in her arm from the little sister. Steel engraving by William French (c. 1815 – East Grinstead 1898). 3^rd quarter of the 19^th century. 19.4 x 13.4 cm. – See the pendant by Edouard de Beaumont.
Offer no. 14,305 / EUR  50. (c. US$ 81.) + shipping

Charles  Verlat

1825 Antwerp 1890

(The Morning Greeting.) The woman with the child on her lap is greeted by the parrot. On the table carafe and fruit bowl. Steel engraving by William French (c. 1815 – East Grinstead 1898). 3^rd quarter of the 19^th century. 15.2 x 16.4 cm.
Offer no. 11,881 / EUR  50. (c. US$ 81.) + shipping

Benjamin  Vautier

Morges 1829 – Dusseldorf 1898

(Winter Joys & Sufferings.) Joyful downhill slide at the snowy slope at the house while one of the boys not just lost his school utensils when falling, but is to be comforted by the elder sister. Steel engraving by Wagner. 3^rd quarter of the 19^th century. 19 x 14.8 cm.
Offer no. 11,864 / EUR  60. (c. US$ 97.) + shipping

G.  v.  d.  Eckhout?

Simeon in the Temple. Kneeling with the child in his arms, before him cage of doves. Lively scenery in partly splendid garments. Steel engraving by Albert Henry Payne (London 1812 – Leipsic 1902). 3^rd quarter of the 19^th century. 15.1 x 16.6 cm.
Offer no. 14,195 / EUR  50. (c. US$ 81.) + shipping

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(The Evening at the Lake.) The herding boys, partly riding on a horse, watering cattle and goats. Below the picturesque trees on the banks wood stacks, but also further livestock and figurines. Steel engraving by Albert Henry Payne (London 1812 – Leipsic 1902). C. 1840. 16.5 x 22.3 cm. –  Scenery  full of atmosphere.
Offer no. 11,866 / EUR  76. (c. US$ 123.) + shipping

(Domestic Joy)– Felicità Domestic. The young parents at the cradle with the newly born. The mother with milk bottle, the father stuffing the pipe. On the right loom. Steel engraving by Schuler for the Kunstanstalt des Österreichischen Lloyd in Trieste after F. Wischebrink. C. 1850. 15.5 x 16.2 cm.
Offer no. 14,308 / EUR  50. (c. US$ 81.) + shipping

(The Carthuse.) Picturesque view on waterfall and distant mountains. In front at the outlet below a property peasants, partly mounted, with cattle. Coloured steel engraving by Albert Henry Payne (London 1812 – Leipsic 1902) after Rosall. C. 1840. 21.6 x 14.8 cm.
Offer no. 11,872 / EUR  76. (c. US$ 123.) + shipping

The Strange Physician. Little girl with the puppet in one, the puppet's head in the other hand comes to the blacksmith who obviously has some experience with medical treatments of this kind. In the background the journeyman at the great bellows for the forge. Steel engraving by Illmann Brothers after Seippel. C. 1845. 12.9 x 16.5 cm. – Folds running through the upper right corner, three small tears repaired, a bit brownish throughout.
Offer no. 14,307 / EUR  25. (c. US$ 40.) + shipping

(The Female Calculator.) Girl sitting at home at the stove, the slate pressed to her chest and thinking about a lesson. Steel engraving by Albert Henry Payne (London 1812 – Leipsic 1902) after Adolf Sehl. C. 1840. 19.5 x 13.8 cm.
Offer no. 5,995 / EUR  50. (c. US$ 81.) + shipping

The Poet Goethe at Frankfurt (Main). The youthful Goethe as one of the several skaters of both sexes before the dome. Steel engraving by Illman Brothers. C. 1845. 18.2 x 12 cm.
Offer no. 8,565 / EUR  50. (c. US$ 81.) + shipping

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