Titelblatt für den „Großen Volkskalender des Lahrer Hinkenden Boten“

Title page for the "Großer Volkskalender des Lahrer Hinkenden Boten" (Great Folk Calendar of the Lahr Limping Messenger), ca. 1882

ArtistCaspar Johann Nepomuk Scheuren, Aachen 1810–1887 Düsseldorf

ArtistFritz Reiß, Düsseldorf 1857–1915 Kirchzarten

MentionedDer Lahrer Hinkende Bote. Deutscher Familienkalender, founded 1800

Lithograph

Sheet dimensions12,4 × 8,9 cm

Status

not on display

About the workUnderneath an ornamental arch crowned by personifications of war and peace, the “limping messenger” leans against a tree trunk. A war invalid with a prosthetic lower leg, he is listened to by young and old alike. From 1882 to 1899, Caspar Scheuren’s motif was used as the title page for the “Great Almanac of the Lahr Limping Messenger”, which was initially compiled by the folk writer and engineer Albert Bürklin. The publisher was Moritz Schauenburg, who had trained in the book trade in Essen. Scheuren worked with him on a number of occasions.

AccessionAcquisition 1919

Provenance[...]; 1.5.1919 angekauft von Fritz Bürmann

Inventory numberK 1919-564

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