Unsigned wood engraving (3 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. This original wood engraving is a portrait of a well fed, balding gentleman with a curled moustache, identified by an old pencil inscription in the lower left margin as Josef Ettenreich, the Viennese citizen who helped save the young Emperor Franz Joseph from an assassin in 1853. The print itself carries no title, signature or imprint. The sitter is shown head and shoulders, turned slightly to the left, with his hair brushed into waves at the sides of a high forehead. He wears a large dark bow tie at the neck, a pleated shirt with a single stud, a waistcoat and a dark coat, and a small cross of an order hangs from a ribbon on his lapel. The face is cut in fine parallel lines and cross hatching, and the figure is set against a lightly hatched background that fades out at the edges. On 18 February 1853 the Hungarian journeyman tailor János Libényi attacked Franz Joseph with a knife as the emperor walked on the Vienna bastions. The emperor's adjutant, Count Maximilian O'Donell, and Ettenreich, a passing Viennese citizen, overpowered the attacker. Ettenreich was rewarded by the emperor for his part. Portraits of the rescuers appeared in illustrated papers in the weeks that followed, and the attack also led to the building of the Votivkirche in thanks for the emperor's survival. Wood engraving, cut on the end grain of a hard boxwood block and printed with type, was the medium of the illustrated newspapers of the 1850s, and this portrait is printed on its own on a large, clean sheet. It is an appealing document of a dramatic moment in Habsburg history, and it would frame neatly with a wide mat for a study or a collection of Viennese and Austrian subjects. Condition: Good condition for its age. Light toning; faint bluish marks and a few small spots in the margins; old pencil inscription in the lower left margin. The image is clean. Please review the images for further condition details. This is an original antique print, not a modern reproduction. This item is sold unframed. Any framed or interior images are shown for presentation and inspiration only, unless the listing explicitly states that the item is sold framed. Size: H 33 cm x W 25 cm x D 0.02 cm Stock number: BG-14343-57.…

Zustand: Good. A view of the Grand Ducal Castle at Schwerin seen across the water, a fairy-tale building of towers, turrets, domes and pinnacles rising above a stone embankment and balustraded terrace. The varied roofline, with conical spires, a gilded dome and an equestrian figure at the top, dominates the composition, while bare trees and shrubs soften the foreground. At right an arcaded loggia opens onto the water, and a grand staircase sweeps up from the garden terrace to the main building. The calm water in the foreground reflects the embankment, and a sky of light cloud sets off the dense architecture. Schwerin Castle stands on an island in the lake at Schwerin, the old capital of the grand duchy of Mecklenburg, and was rebuilt in the middle of the nineteenth century in a lavish historicist style inspired by the French Renaissance châteaux of the Loire. The print is captioned "GRAND-DUCAL CASTLE. SCHWERIN." in letterpress beneath the image. This is a wood engraving, printed with its caption as a book or periodical illustration. The engraver has used close, even lines to model the many facets of the building and lighter cutting for the sky, giving a clear and orderly image of a very complicated piece of architecture, with every window and turret distinct. A good piece for anyone who loves castles or German history, it would sit nicely on a bookcase wall or in a child's room, framed in black. Condition: Light wear to the top left corner. Age toning, darker at the edges; handling soiling along the edges and scattered foxing in the margins. Printed image clean. This is an original antique print, not a modern reproduction. This item is sold unframed. Any framed or interior images are shown for presentation and inspiration only, unless the listing explicitly states that the item is sold framed. Size: H 22.5 cm x W 30 cm x D 0.02 cm Stock number: BG-13194-92. …

Zustand: Good. A wide panorama of Passau from the heights, with the old town filling a narrow tongue of land between two broad rivers. The eye follows the long point of the peninsula, crowded with houses, a large many-windowed building and the domed cathedral, out toward the meeting of the waters, with bridges and the far bank beyond. At right a fortress crowns the rocky hillside above the river, its walls running down to a round tower at the water's edge, and at left a twin-towered church stands on a wooded hill across the water. Trees in the foreground and a thin plume of smoke frame the view under a sky of long, banded clouds. Passau in Lower Bavaria is known as the City of Three Rivers, where the Inn and the Ilz flow into the Danube, and its cathedral of St. Stephen and the fortress of Veste Oberhaus are its great landmarks. The print is captioned "VIEW OF PASSAU." in letterpress beneath the image. This is a wood engraving, printed with its caption as a book or periodical illustration. The water is rendered in fine horizontal lines that give it a still, reflective surface, while the buildings and rocks are cut with crisp, firm strokes. A broad landscape format suits it to a space above a sofa or a desk, perhaps paired with other river views in matching frames. Condition: Light wear to the bottom left corner; minor nicks to the bottom edge. Age toning, darker at the edges; handling soiling along the edges and scattered foxing in the margins. Printed image clean. This is an original antique print, not a modern reproduction. This item is sold unframed. Any framed or interior images are shown for presentation and inspiration only, unless the listing explicitly states that the item is sold framed. Size: H 23 cm x W 32 cm x D 0.02 cm Stock number: BG-13194-93. …