Accession number
PML 87371.1-7
Published
[Augsburg] : Mart. Engelbrecht execud. A.V. ; [17--]
Credit line
Purchased on the Elisabeth Ball Fund, 2011.
Notes
Title from Strehler.
1 set of 7 cards, numbered [125]-130.
Cards 2 through 7 are signed, left to right: I. Wachsmuht [sic] inv. et del. [space] C.[um] Priv.[ilegio] S.[acri] C.[aesaris] Maj[estatis] 20 [space] Mart[inus] Engelbrecht excud. A.[ugustae] V.[indelicorum]."
To have been displayed in an optical box.
Published by 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. Jeremias Wachsmuth designed and engraved these illustrations. Engelbrecht's 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, in the large format, comprises seven hand-colored etchings, mounted on cardboard: the first is a proscenium arch with drums (unnumbered), the next four depict Pandur soldiers performing gymnastic exercises in their camp (#126-129), and the sixth and seventh (both #130) are alternate backgrounds: a military camp scene and a landscape.
The Pandurs were a unit of mainly Croat and Serb volunteer soldiers, assembled by Baron Franz von der Trenck in 1741. They later served the Habsburg Monarchy as a regiment, until it was disbanded in 1919. They were soldiers known for their brave, but ruthless behavior. They initially did not wear uniforms but were recognized by their clothes in Turkish style.
1 set of 7 cards, numbered [125]-130.
Cards 2 through 7 are signed, left to right: I. Wachsmuht [sic] inv. et del. [space] C.[um] Priv.[ilegio] S.[acri] C.[aesaris] Maj[estatis] 20 [space] Mart[inus] Engelbrecht excud. A.[ugustae] V.[indelicorum]."
To have been displayed in an optical box.
Published by 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. Jeremias Wachsmuth designed and engraved these illustrations. Engelbrecht's 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, in the large format, comprises seven hand-colored etchings, mounted on cardboard: the first is a proscenium arch with drums (unnumbered), the next four depict Pandur soldiers performing gymnastic exercises in their camp (#126-129), and the sixth and seventh (both #130) are alternate backgrounds: a military camp scene and a landscape.
The Pandurs were a unit of mainly Croat and Serb volunteer soldiers, assembled by Baron Franz von der Trenck in 1741. They later served the Habsburg Monarchy as a regiment, until it was disbanded in 1919. They were soldiers known for their brave, but ruthless behavior. They initially did not wear uniforms but were recognized by their clothes in Turkish style.
Description
1 peepshow (7 prints) : etching, hand col. ; prints: 17.8 x 20.8 cm
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