© Ashmolean Museum
Album of drawings
Artist: Friedrich August Moritz Retzsch (1779 - 1857)
Location: Ashmolean Museum
Date: 1823-1839
Materials: graphite or black chalk & coloured wash
Dimensions: 20.5 x 27.5 x 3cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £5,000 (Total: £16,500)
Vendor: Maggs Bros
Review number: 5042 (2002)
Provenance:
Family of Esdaile of Cothelstone in the 19th century; at auction by Maggs Brothers.
Description:
An album of 54 drawings illustrating typical allegorical and literary themes. Two of the drawings were reproduced in Retzsch's well known publication 'Phantasien und Wahrheiten' in 1834.
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