Don Quixote in his Study

Paul Pretsch

1857

Künstler:in Paul Pretsch (Wien 1808 - 1873 Wien)

Druck R. Holdgate (England)

Nach William Lake Price (Großbritannien, 1810 - 1896)

Date1857

Object TypeFotografie

Object typePhotograph

Materials / TechniquesFotogalvanografie (Tiefdruck), auf Untersatzkarton

DimensionsBlatt: 33,8 x 27,9 cm
Karton: 55,7 x 38 cm (21 15/16 x 14 15/16in.)

CreditALBERTINA, Wien. Dauerleihgabe der Höheren Graphischen Bundes-Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt

Object numberFotoGLV2000/8450

InscribedBlatt: M.u. "Composed and Photographed from the life by Lake Price. / Don Quixote in his Study. / ...........Nay, to such a pass did his curiosity / and madness in this particular drive him, that he sold / many good acres of terra firma, to purchase Books of / Knight Errantry................ Smolletts´Tranlslation / Proof. "PHOTOGRAPHIC ART TREASURES" / Engraved on Copper by Voltaic Electricity printed with Printer´s Ink in the ordinary manner. / Published Jany. 1857, by the Photo-Galvano Company_London. Printed by R.Holdgate" (schwarzer Druck); Untersatzkarton: recto: M.u. "13009/5" (Bleistift); r.u. "Pretsch 1857" (Bleistift)

PortfolioIn: PHOTOGRAPHIC ART TREASURES, Published by the Patent Photo-Galvano-Graphic Company, London, Heft Nr. 2, Januar 1857.

MarkingsUntersatzkarton: recto: M.u. "THE PATENT PHOTOGALVANOGRAPHIC COMPANY / HOLLOWAY / LONDON" (Prägestempel)