Accession number
PML 88511
Published
[Augsburg] : [Martin Engelbrecht], [17--]
Credit line
Gift of Julia P. Wightman, 1991.
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 large 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 and has N 43 printed at lower margin. The prints are without any text, title page, or impressum extant in the lower margins. The prints are numbered 1-6 written in black ink on the versos.
The prints depict a performance by the Spanish Riding School in a columned riding hall, probably the arena in the Hofburg, Vienna, which was built in 1729. The cut-out plates show Lippizaner horses performing the various school jumps such as the courbette, the pesade, the croupade, and the ballotade. The backdrop shows a white horse performing the most demanding jump of the high school, the capriole.
Library's copy: panels joined with modern paper hinges.
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 large 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 and has N 43 printed at lower margin. The prints are without any text, title page, or impressum extant in the lower margins. The prints are numbered 1-6 written in black ink on the versos.
The prints depict a performance by the Spanish Riding School in a columned riding hall, probably the arena in the Hofburg, Vienna, which was built in 1729. The cut-out plates show Lippizaner horses performing the various school jumps such as the courbette, the pesade, the croupade, and the ballotade. The backdrop shows a white horse performing the most demanding jump of the high school, the capriole.
Library's copy: panels joined with modern paper hinges.
Description
1 peepshow (6 prints) : etchings, handcol. ; 16.6 x 21.2 x 1 cm, closed; 48.5 cm, open
Provenance
From the library of Julia P. Wightman.
Binding
Formerly in modern paste paper slip-case with typed title label attached to the front.
Classification
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