[The Little Prussian from Schluechtern]

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[The Little Prussian from Schluechtern]

Other Title(s)

Das Preusje von Schlüchtern

Grimm, Ludwig Emil, 1790-1863
Physical Description

Etching : ink on paper ; 7.9 x 8.1 in. ; 20 x 20.6 centimeters
Date

1815
Notes

High quality etching. Captioned across bottom. Execution by Steinau.
Summary

A profile portrait of Mordechai Loeb Preuss (1745-1817 ), a peddler and famous small-town "charachter" in the town of Schluechtern, Bavaraia. He is wearing an old fashioned Jewish costume with three-cornered hat.
Depicted

Preuss, Mordechai Loeb, 1745-1817
Subject

Jewish merchants; Jews, Social life and customs; Jews, Germany, Bavaria
Genre

Portraits
Medium

Etchings; Prints; Drawings
Accession Number
URL

https://www.lbi.org/artcatalog/record/246782

Biographical Information

The German painter, art professor, etcher and copper engraver, Ludwig Emil Grimm (1790–1863) was a brother of the well-known publishers of Grimms' Fairy Tales, Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm.

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Citation

Grimm, Ludwig Emil, 1790-1863: [The Little Prussian from Schluechtern], Leo Baeck Institute Art and Objects Collection, 78.383.

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