Das allegrösste Bilder ABC. E bei Winckelmann & Söhne in Berlin
Summary
Print shows the letter "E" formed by two men, one standing and looking through a telescope, the other sitting and drinking from an odd shaped bottle, with examples "Eberjage" showing hunting dogs attacking a wild boar; "Einsiedler" showing a hermit reading from a religious text outside his hermitage; "Erntefest" showing country folks wearing traditional clothing and carrying farm tools, with horses drawing a wagon of hay, during a harvest festival; and "Eisfahrt" showing a man pushing a woman in an ice-sleigh, with other people ice skating in the background.
No. 112.
Paper has watermark on lower right corner: D Stein.
Theodor Hosemann was a German painter who was born in 1807 and died in 1875. He is known for his genre paintings, which often depicted scenes of everyday life in rural Germany. Hosemann was born in Dresden and studied at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts. He initially worked as a landscape painter, but later turned to painting genre scenes, which were very popular at the time. Hosemann's paintings were known for their realism and attention to detail, and they often featured humorous or satirical elements. Some of his most famous paintings include "The New Hay Barn" and "The Wedding Dance on the Heath".