Amrie? takes shelter from the rain under a tree while tending her flock of geese
Maker
(artist)
1829-1898
1829-1898
Title
Amrie? takes shelter from the rain under a tree while tending her flock of geese
Date of Production
1870
Medium
Wood engraving
Dimensions
Height: 15.9 cm
Width: 15.4 cm
Width: 15.4 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.8150.1
Mode of Acquisition
Witt Library, transfer, 1990
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Notes
Illustration from Berthold Auerbach's 'Barthüßele', p. 43. The text tells a story of Amrie getting caught in a hail storm while tending her geese - but the artist here has almost certainly depicted a man in a rain storm. Letterpress text in German on verso.
Provenance
Provenance: H. J. Cornish Collection; acquired by Hampstead Public Library (by 1928); transferred to the Courtauld Institute of Art, Witt Library in 1966; transferred to the Courtauld Gallery from the Witt Library in 1990.
Inscriptions
Inscription: Recto: lower right, printed within block: BV; lower mount, handwritten in blue ink: Benjamin VAUTIER; lower mount, handwritten in black ink: BEN: VAUTIER.; lower right mount, stamped in black: Witt / Library 1981; lower right mount, stamped in black: ILLUSTRATION : EX CORNISH COLL. / ACQUIRED BY HAMPSTEAD PUBLIC / LIBRARY, 1928; PRESENTED TO WITT / LIBRARY, 1966.
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