Ridinger, Johann Elias (Ulm 1698 – Augsburg 1767). (Posture of a Bear just when he starts to march down a Mountain.) Having weak eyes he takes the head between the paws  and tumbles in such a manner downwards as Ridinger describes separately. Etching + engraving. (1738.) Inscribed in the plate: J. E. R. fec. / N. 40., otherwise in German as before. 18.8 x 15.1 cm.

Thienemann + Schwarz 430; Ridinger Catalogue Darmstadt, 1999, III.5 with ills. – Plate 40 of the set Design of Several Animals (“These plates are much wanted”, Th. 1856). – Wide-margined impression of the 1^st edition.
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