Tailpiece with Mosquitoes

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Zoom in — Tailpiece with mosquitoes. Canto eight.

Artist

Name:: Kaulbach, Wilhelm von
Dates:: 1805-1874
Country:: Germany

Illustration

Subjects:: Humor, Ornaments & Patterns
Technique:: Wood Engraving
Engraver:: Schnorr von Carolsfeld, Julius
Format:: Landscape (wider)
Source:: The Harold B. Lee Library, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:: Reineke Fuchs
Author:: Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von
Publisher:: Stuttgart: J. G. Cotta’scher Verlag, 1857
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Description:

Two bodiless male faces in profile view look in opposite directions, each one falling prey of a cloud of mosquitoes going for the nose.

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