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Almanach und Taschenbuch für haeusliche u. gesellschaftl. Freuden

1799
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Almanach und Taschenbuch für haeusliche u. gesellschaftl. Freuden
  • Author: Carl Lang
  • Artist: Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki (German, Danzig 1726–1801 Berlin)
  • Artist: Heinrich Guttenberg (German, Wöhrd 1749–1818 Nuremberg)
  • Engraver: C. Rahl
  • Publisher: Industrie-Comtoir Carl Lang (Heilbronn, Germany)
  • Printer: Wilhelm Haas, Son (Swiss)
  • Published in: Heilbronn
  • Date: 1799
  • Medium: Etchings
  • Dimensions: Overall: 4 13/16 x 3 9/16 x 5 7/8 in. (12.2 x 9 x 15 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: Gift of Anna and Wolfgang Pfeiffenberger, in memory of Professor Otto Pfeiffenberger, 1953
  • Object Number: 53.646.1
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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