Henri Merke, 1799 - Cottagers, with Fireside - fine art print

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In the 18th and 19th centuries, magic lanterns entertained viewers by projecting images onto a wall or screen (these box-like devices used a mirror to intensify light and direct it through a tranparent image and lens). The London publisher Rudolph Ackermann produced specially treated prints for use in magic lanterns and this example represents the first stage of such an image. Etched lines, based on a drawing by Rowlandson, have established the design. Next tone would have be added to the printing plate and the resulting images hand-colored and oiled. A finished colored example is in the British Museum.

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In 1799 Henri Merke painted this artpiece named "Cottagers, with Fireside". The work of art had the following size: Sheet: 11 3/8 × 8 9/16 in (28,9 × 21,7 cm). Etching; proof before aquatint or mezzotint was applied by the artist as the medium of the piece of art. The artpiece forms part of the The Metropolitan Museum of Art's art collection in New York City, New York, United States of America. The public domain artpiece is supplied with courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959. : The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959. In addition to this, the alignment is in portrait format with a ratio of 3 : 4, which means that the length is 25% shorter than the width.

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