606 - J. KLEIN (1792–1875), The Calendar Seller, 1814, Etching

J. KLEIN (1792–1875), The Calendar Seller, 1814, Etching Johann Adam Klein (1792, Nuremberg – 1875, Munich): The Calendar Seller, 1814, Etching Technique: Etching on paper Catalog Raisonné: , 155, I/III Inscription: inscribed, signed, and dated at the top of the printing plate: "Zum Neuen Jahr 1815 | Joh: A: Klein. fc. 1814" Date: 1814 Description: First state of three of this beautiful New Year’s greeting. Depicted is an old calendar page seller in a fur dressing gown. Literature: Jahn, C.: The Work of Johann Adam Klein. Painter and Copper Engraver in Munich, Member of the Royal Academy of Arts in Berlin, Recipient of the Cross of Merit of the Ducal Saxon Ernestine House Order; Munich 1863. Cat. Rais. No.: 155, I/III. Keywords: Dealer, Old, Costume, Satire, Calendar, New Year, Greeting card, 19th century, Romanticism, Costumes, Germany, Size: Paper: 7.9 cm x 10.0 cm (3.1 x 3.9 in) Condition: In fairly good condition. Foxing is visible across the entire sheet. Small, dot-shaped scuffs are visible in places. The edges of the sheet have been narrowly trimmed.