828 - C. PREISEL (*1818) after SCHÖN (*1810), A Girl from Bern on a Sunday Morning, ca. 1852, steel engraving

C. PREISEL (*1818) after SCHÖN (*1810), A Girl from Bern on a Sunday Morning, ca. 1852, steel engraving Christoph Preisel (1818 Nuremberg – after 1851 Munich) after Friedrich Wilhelm Schön (1810 – 1868): Bernese Girl on a Sunday Morning, a girl in traditional costume sitting at the window, c. 1852, steel engraving Technique: Steel engraving on paper, mounted on paper Catalog Raisonné: , 58 Inscription: Signed in the lower part of the printing plate: “Oelgemälde von Schoen. / Stahlstich v. Christoph Preisel.” Date: c. 1852 Description: Idyllic view of a woman reading by a window. With a border and inscription printed in gold, as is typical for the sheets from the König-Ludwig Album. Source: König-Ludwig Album, 1850, No. 058 | print suite Bibliography: Akmann, H.-F.: König Ludwig Album; Munich 1973. Cat. Rais. No.: 58. Keywords: Reading, woman, window, view, window view, book, 19th century, Romanticism, Fashion, Switzerland, Bern (Bern), Size: Paper: 58.1 cm x 42.8 cm (22.9 x 16.9 in), Plate: 49.5 cm x 35.4 cm (19.5 x 13.9 in), Image: 40.0 cm x 29.4 cm (15.7 x 11.6 in) Condition: In fairly good condition. Mounted on backing paper along the margins. Significantly stained and slightly soiled in places along the margins. The image is flawless and of very good print quality.