Ein Stückchen Eden : Achtzehn Originalzeichnungen; Mit Reimen von Hedwig Swykowska; [In Holzschnitt ausgeführt von Bürkner u.A.]

Werckmeister, Friedrich, Hedwig, Swykowska, Bürkner, Hugo · 1877 · Verlag der Photographischen Gesellschaft · 18 pictures

A German picture book of eighteen original drawings by Friedrich Werckmeister, with rhymes by Hedwig Swykowska and wood engraving by Hugo Bürkner and others, published in 1877 by the Verlag der Photographischen Gesellschaft for young children. The engravings show small children in close studio portraits: a bonneted baby with hands raised, a wide-eyed child in a shawled hood, a girl with a basket seated by a tree, and a sleepy infant on a pillow. A designer might take the tight head-and-shoulders cropping, the fine hatched shading, and the warm sepia tint for vintage children's illustration.

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