551 - J. ERHARD (1795–1822), *The Farmer’s Wife with the Rake*, 1819, etching

J. ERHARD (1795–1822), *The Farmer’s Wife with the Rake*, 1819, etching Johann Christoph Erhard (1795, Nuremberg – 1822, Rome): The Farmer’s Wife with the Rake, 1819, Etching Technique: Etching on paper Catalog Raisonné: , 94 III/III Inscription: Signed and dated lower right on the printing plate: “JC Erhard fec. 1819” Date: 1819 Source: The Salzburg Landscapes with Large Figures, No. 4 | print suite, Landscape Literature: Apell, Aloys: Handbook for Collectors of Copper Engravings or Lexicon of the Most Distinguished Engravers of the 19th Century; Leipzig 1880. Cat. Rais. No.: 94 III/III. Keywords: Country folk, traditional costumes, nature, children, farmer, 19th century, Romanticism, Landscape, Germany, Size: Paper: 24.7 cm x 31.5 cm (9.7 x 12.4 in), Plate: 20.4 cm x 26.8 cm (8 x 10.6 in), Image: 19.2 cm x 26.1 cm (7.6 x 10.3 in) Condition: Very good condition. Pale staining, particularly along the sheet margin. Faint rubbing in the center left. A rough bump mark at the top center. The corners of the sheet are slightly bumped.