Accession number
PML 150353
Published
[Augsburg : Martin Engelbrecht, 17--]
Credit line
Bequest of Julia P. Wightman, 1994.
Notes
Title from slip-case.
Library's copy without optical box.
Attributed to the firm of engraver and publisher, Martin Engelbrecht, Augsburg. He obtained an imperial privilege to publish peep-shows from 1719, thereby eliminating any competition from other publishing houses. Artists Jeremias Wachsmuth or David Nessenthaler may have collaborated on the illustrations. The peepshows were published in three formats: Large format, ca. 15.5 x 20.8 cm ; medium format, ca. 9.2 x 14.3 cm ; and small format, ca. 7.3 x 9.0 cm. The large and medium formats were published with a title page, while no title pages are known to have been printed for the small format. Also, the small format cards do not have any serial numbers, possibly due to cropping of the margins.
This peepshow is in the medium format. It contains six etchings, recently mounted in accordion form; all of the views are hand-colored and have been cut out, except for the sixth which forms the backdrop. The prints are without any text, title page, or impressum extant in the lower margins. The prints are numbered 1-6 in the lower margins.
The prints depict Lipizzaner horses performing various school jumps, such as the Capriole and the Levade in front of a backdrop with an arched structure and a fountain in the center, possibly in the gardens of Schönbrunn Palace?, Vienna.
Library's copy without optical box.
Attributed to the firm of engraver and publisher, Martin Engelbrecht, Augsburg. He obtained an imperial privilege to publish peep-shows from 1719, thereby eliminating any competition from other publishing houses. Artists Jeremias Wachsmuth or David Nessenthaler may have collaborated on the illustrations. The peepshows were published in three formats: Large format, ca. 15.5 x 20.8 cm ; medium format, ca. 9.2 x 14.3 cm ; and small format, ca. 7.3 x 9.0 cm. The large and medium formats were published with a title page, while no title pages are known to have been printed for the small format. Also, the small format cards do not have any serial numbers, possibly due to cropping of the margins.
This peepshow is in the medium format. It contains six etchings, recently mounted in accordion form; all of the views are hand-colored and have been cut out, except for the sixth which forms the backdrop. The prints are without any text, title page, or impressum extant in the lower margins. The prints are numbered 1-6 in the lower margins.
The prints depict Lipizzaner horses performing various school jumps, such as the Capriole and the Levade in front of a backdrop with an arched structure and a fountain in the center, possibly in the gardens of Schönbrunn Palace?, Vienna.
Description
1 peepshow (6 prints) : ill. handcol. (etchings) ; closed: 10 x 14.2 x 1 cm; expanding to: 10 x 14.2 x 44 cm
Provenance
From the library of Julia P. Wightman.
Binding
Formerly in a black 1/4 morocco slip case with brown cloth, by Julia Wightman, 1951.
Classification
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