Der achtzehnte October : ein Lese- u. Bilderbuch für Knaben vor 5-12 Jahren ; mit 6 color. Stahlstichen
A hand-coloured illustrated reader for boys aged five to twelve, published in 1849 by Baumgärtner, with six coloured steel engravings by Amalie von Gross. The pictures show a family and soldiers in scenes of a dog-accompanied drummer boy and a tense domestic interior, with gallows and hanged figures in the background of the first plate. A designer could take from them the crowded, theatrical staging of figures in period costume, with clear narrative gestures and a dog that acts as a recurring character.
