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Neuwied – Emigrants – Lasinsky, Johann Adolf (Simmern 1808 – Dusseldorf 1871). (View of Neuwied.) General view from the opposite bank. On this side Weißenthurm. On the Rhine emigrant float with several cabins and rows manned by numerous people. Toned pen lithograph. Inscribed: (Recorded from nature and lithographed by J. A. Lasinsky 1828. / Frankfort a/M. C. Jügel.), title as above in German-French parallel text. 22.5 x 29.2 cm.
In its nervous line conduct ahead of its time ,
unmistakably, and promptly lithographed after own sketch, and thus “standing out highly advantageously from the leaves of much smaller size engraved after him by other artists … Lasinsky’s ‘sensibility, keenest power of observation, realistic study of nature, and talent for large wide landscapes’ have been praised” (Schulte).
Offer no. 9,082 / EUR 568. / export price EUR 540. (c. US$ 754.) + shipping
„ Best her Niemeyer, De prenten zijn vanmiddag in goede staat gearriveerd. Alleen al het uitpakken is een genot! Ze zien er prachtig uit (vooral The Idel ’prentice is een juweel) … Wat dat betreft, zijn eigenlijk alle prenten die u mij hebt toegezonde, van uitstekende kwaliteit … “
(de heer P. E., 1. Februar 2008)