619 - J. KLEIN (1792-1875), Hungarian ship train, tow horses with riders, 1814, Etching

J. KLEIN (1792-1875), Hungarian ship train, tow horses with riders, 1814, Etching Johann Adam Klein (1792 Nuremberg - 1875 Munich): Hungarian ship train, tow horses with riders, 1814, Etching Technique: Etching on China paper, rolled-on on Paper Catalogue Raisonné: , 141, III/IV Inscription: Signed, dated and inscribed below the image in the printing plate: "J. A. Klein fc. 1814 | Ungarischer Schiffzug", numbered upper right: "No 2" Date: 1814 Description: Very fine impression, penultimate state before the addition of the publisher's address. Hungarian boat train with five horses harnessed to a ship, three of which are being ridden. The same stops at the bank of the Danube fenced in with a railing and is accompanied by a mounted guide leaning on a long pole in profile to the right. A sixth draught horse, on which a guide is sitting, is harnessed to the ship's rope behind the group. Source: Die erste Lieferung des Verlags von Ferd. Kettner in Wien, No. Blatt 7 | print suite Literature: Jahn, C.: Das Werk von Johann Adam Klein. Maler und Kupferätzer zu München, Mitglied der kgl. Akademie der Künste zu Berli, Inhaber des Verdienstkreuzes vom herzogl. Sächs. Ernestinischen Hausorden; München 1863. Cat. Rais. No.: 141, III/IV. Keywords: Animals, horses, riders, crafts, traditional costumes, landscape, river, 19th century, Romanticism, Professions, Hungary, Size: Paper: 24,0 cm x 32,7 cm (9,4 x 12,9 in), Plate: 19,7 cm x 24,3 cm (7,8 x 9,6 in), Depiction: 16,3 cm x 21,2 cm (6,4 x 8,3 in) Condition: Good condition. carrier sheet are slightly wavy due to the installation.