Five people sitting and standing around a tea-table, one of them a mother with a child. Lithograph by J. Fischer, 1803.

  • Fischer, Joseph, 1769-1822.
Date:
[1803]
Reference:
25161i
  • Pictures

Selected images from this work

View 2 images

About this work

Description

Man, p. 115, states "The standing figure in this drawing is probably André; the person sitting next to him is supposed to be Ackermann - another version says Senefelder - but both seem unlikely."

Publication/Creation

[London] : [publisher not identified], [1803]

Physical description

1 print : pen lithograph ; sheet 26.3 x 40.4 cm

Contributors

Lettering

J Fischer London ad natu<ram>

Creator/production credits

Griffiths and Carey identify the artist as Joseph Fischer of Vienna, and state that "In 1803 Esterházy invited him to London for four months (where he made seven well-known lithographs)..."

References note

Felix H. Man, "Lithography in England (1801-1810)", in C. Zigrosser (ed.), Prints, London 1963, pp. 97-130, pp. 106 (reproduced), 115, 120 (no. 58)
Antony Griffiths and Frances Carey, German printmaking in the age of Goethe, London 1994, pp. 93-94

Reference

Wellcome Collection 25161i

Type/Technique

Languages

Subjects

Where to find it

  • LocationStatusAccess
    Closed stores

Permanent link