38 tissued numbered engraved plates after Hogarth by Ernst Riepenhausen; staining and foxing to some plates.
There are no copies listed on Copac. It is rare to find these engravings in their original parts. Hogarth became familiar to a German audience chiefly owing to the influence of George Christoph Lichtenberg [1743-1799], who had purchased a collection of engravings from the artist's widow, which he later sold to Gottingen University. Lichtenberg published a series of commentaries on Hogarth's prints in 'Gottinger Taschen-Calender' from 1784 to 1796. Ernst Ludwig Riepenhausen [1765-1840] provided engravings from Hogarth's works, but because of the small format of the Calender they were on a reduced scale illustrating just details such as heads and expressions. In the 'Sammlung Hogarthischer Kupferstiche', which when completed consisted of 88 plates, Riepenhausen was able to copy the engravings in their entirety. Some critics consider some of his copies are superior to the engravings made by Hogarth himself. See, Griffiths, A & Carey, F. 'German Printmaking in the Age of Goethe' British Museum, 1994. The prints are: Hours of the Day, Industry and Idleness, Rake's Progress, Harlot's Progress, Marriage-a-la-Mode, Strolling Actresses Dressing in a Barn and A Midnight Modern Conversation.
38 tissued numbered engraved plates after Hogarth by Ernst Riepenhausen; staining and foxing to some plates.
There are no copies listed on Copac. It is rare to find these engravings in their original parts. Hogarth became familiar to a German audience chiefly owing to the influence of George Christoph Lichtenberg [1743-1799], who had purchased a collection of engravings from the artist's widow, which he later sold to Gottingen University. Lichtenberg published a series of commentaries on Hogarth's prints in 'Gottinger Taschen-Calender' from 1784 to 1796. Ernst Ludwig Riepenhausen [1765-1840] provided engravings from Hogarth's works, but because of the small format of the Calender they were on a reduced scale illustrating just details such as heads and expressions. In the 'Sammlung Hogarthischer Kupferstiche', which when completed consisted of 88 plates, Riepenhausen was able to copy the engravings in their entirety. Some critics consider some of his copies are superior to the engravings made by Hogarth himself. See, Griffiths, A & Carey, F. 'German Printmaking in the Age of Goethe' British Museum, 1994. The prints are: Hours of the Day, Industry and Idleness, Rake's Progress, Harlot's Progress, Marriage-a-la-Mode, Strolling Actresses Dressing in a Barn and A Midnight Modern Conversation.
| Condition | Large folio (39 x 28cm), orig. marbled wrappers, with printed paper labels on front covers, stitched as issued, uncut, some fraying on edges, corner missing from one back cover, |
| Publication | [Gottingen, J.C. Dieterich, n.d. 1794] |
- Product Code: RGW17199
- Availability: In Stock
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£350.00