Das Hirtenthal : eine lehrreiche Erzählung
Das Hirtenthal is an 1835 German-language instructive tale by Johann Karl Krsek, published by Medau, aimed at young readers. The single plate is an engraving printed sideways on the page, showing a rider and figures in a cloudy landscape with a dog and a fallen figure at lower left. A designer could take its dramatic diagonal composition, heavy cloud masses and rough hatched line work as a model for storm-and-rescue scenes.
