Moralische Erzählungen : ein Unterhaltungsbuch für die reifere Jugend : mit 6 schwarzen Kupfern
Moralische Erzählungen is a German-language collection of moral tales for older children, published in 1827 by J.J. Christen, with six black copperplate engravings hand-coloured in watercolour. The pictures show rural and domestic scenes: a cold winter wood fire with a kneeling woman and soldiers, a couple splitting a log, a family in a dim interior, and two men talking on a path. Designers can take from them the flat, soft colour washes over fine linework and the cheerful naive staging of everyday country life.
