Kindestreue, Geschwisterliebe, Dankbarkeit und Edelmuth : In merkwürdigen Scenen aus der neuesten Zeitgeschichte. Ein Sittenspiegel für Deutschlands Jugend von Carl Lang. Mit colorirten Kupfern nach französischen Originalen
A German moral storybook of 1806 by Carl Lang, published by Tauchnitz, with hand-coloured copper engravings after French originals, written for young readers in Germany to teach filial piety, sibling love, gratitude and magnanimity. Its scenes are dramatic episodes from recent history: a figure fleeing a burning house with a bundle, a sailor-officer beside a fire on a ship's deck, and a man in a cloak gesturing among rocks and trees. A designer might take the bold flat colour washes, the firelit skies and the theatrical gesturing poses typical of early nineteenth-century narrative prints.
