600 - H. MERZ (*1806) after KAULBACH (*1805), Saint Augustine, circa 1850, etching

H. MERZ (*1806) after KAULBACH (*1805), Saint Augustine, circa 1850, etching Heinrich Merz (1806 St. Gallen – 1857 Kufstein) after Wilhelm von Kaulbach (1805 Arolsen – 1874 Munich): St. Augustine, c. 1850, etching Technique: Etching on paper Date: c. 1850 Description: Signed and titled below the image within the printing plate: "W. Kaulbach gez. / H. Merz gest. / St. Augustinus". Keywords: 19th century, Romanticism, Portraits, Germany, Size: Paper: 25.0 cm x 15.3 cm (9.8 x 6 in), Image: 18.0 cm x 12.0 cm (7.1 x 4.7 in) Condition: In fairly good condition. The image is well-defined. The sheet has browned with age, and foxing is present across the entire sheet; the upper left and right corners of the printing plate have diagonal crease marks; the sheet is slightly bumped along the edges and corners.