A rider on horse and a boy with a lantern lighting the way through a forest
A rider on horse and a boy with a lantern lighting the way through a forest

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A rider on horse and a boy with a lantern lighting the way through a forest,

1797

Adam von Bartsch, German, 1757–1821
2017-69

Information

Title
A rider on horse and a boy with a lantern lighting the way through a forest
Dates

1797

Maker
Adam von Bartsch
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
plate: 20.6 × 13.5 cm (8 1/8 × 5 5/16 in.) sheet: 21.1 × 13.5 cm (8 5/16 × 5 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, gift of Charles Scribner III, Class of 1973 and Graduate School Class of 1977
Object Number
2017-69
Place Made

Europe, Austria, Vienna

Marks/Labels/Seals
written in graphite on recto: 56
Culture
European, German
Type
engravings, prints
Materials
ink, paper (fiber product)
Techniques
engraving (printing process)
Subject
night, horses, figures (representations), lanterns (lighting devices), boys, men, forests

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