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, mounted on paper Catalog Raisonné: , 141, III/IV Inscription: Signed, dated, and inscribed below the image on the printing plate: “J. A. Klein fc. 1814 | Ungarischer Schiffzug,” numbered upper right: “No. 2” Date: 1814 Description: Very fine impression, the penultimate state before the addition of the publisher’s address. A Hungarian boat train with five horses harnessed to a ship, three of which are being ridden. The train stops at the bank of the Danube, which is fenced in with a railing, and is accompanied by a mounted guide leaning on a long pole, shown in profile to the right. A sixth draft horse, with a guide sitting on it, is harnessed to the ship’s rope behind the group. Source: The first issue from the publishing house of Ferd. Kettner in Vienna, No. Sheet 7 | print suite 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.: 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), Image: 16.3 cm x 21.2 cm (6.4 x 8.3 in) Condition: Good condition. The mount is slightly wavy due to mounting.