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[Scenes that show Europe, the United States, Asia, and the Middle East, including battles from the American Civil War and World War I as well as prints with Arabic script], [between 1780 and 1940]
Call No: LOT 15435 (H) (OH)
Extent: 36 prints : lithographs, woodcuts ; sheets 43 x 64 cm or smaller.
Collector's Category: Ausland - NL, GB, USA, Belgien
Includes prints about the United States, United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Belgium, China, and Japan produced by publishers around the world. Highlights include depictions of the American Civil War, including illustrations of the Battle of Bull Run by German publishers Oehmigke & Riemschneider as well as English-language political cartoons and social commentary prints published in New York and London in the 19th century. Also includes illustrations of the Great European War and publications from Tokyo depicting the Asian theater of World War I with the siege of Tsingtao (Qingdao, China) in the series. Other topics represent religious images with Arabic script, including a mosque in Medina, a drapery covering the station of Abraham in Mecca, and a pilgrimage procession from Egypt to Mecca.
Hampton Roads
Call No: LOT 15435, no. 1 (H)
Creator: Oehmigke & Riemschneider
Series: Der Bürgerkrieg in Amerika
Plate No: No. 3751
Location: Neuruppin
Schlacht bei Pea Ridge (Arkansas)
Call No: LOT 15435, no. 2 (H)
Creator: Oehmigke & Riemschneider
Series: Der Bürgerkrieg in Amerika
Plate No: No. 3744
Location: Neuruppin
Die Schlacht bei Springfield in Nord-Amerika
Call No: LOT 15435, no. 3 (H)
Creator: Oehmigke & Riemschneider
Plate No: Nr. 3640
Location: Neuruppin
Schlacht von Blackwater
Call No: LOT 15435, no. 4 (H)
Creator: Oehmigke & Riemschneider
Plate No: 3907
Location: Neuruppin
Die Schlacht bei Bull-Run
Call No: LOT 15435, no. 5 (H)
Creator: Oehmigke & Riemschneider
Plate No: Nr. 3639
Location: Neuruppin
Uebergang über den Rappahannock
Call No: LOT 15435, no. 6 (H)
Creator: Oehmigke & Riemschneider
Plate No: No. 3908
Location: Neuruppin
Die Auswanderer
Call No: LOT 15435, no. 7 (H)
Creator: Oehmigke & Riemschneider
Plate No: No. 1964
Location: Neuruppin
Wild Amerika
Call No: LOT 15435, no. 8 (H)
Creator: Burckardt, C.
Plate No: No. 1176
Location: Weissenburg
The true holy alliance storming the fortress of superstition
Call No: LOT 15435, no. 9 (H)
Creator: Seymour, R.
Location: [London]
New reform coach, June 21, 1832
Call No: LOT 15435, no. 10 (H)
Creator: McLean, Thos.
Series: HB sketches
Plate No: No. 207
Location: [London]
The rival shows
Call No: LOT 15435, no. 11 (H)
Creator: Drake, G.
Series: The political drama
Plate No: No. 21
Location: [London]
A master parson & his journeyman, May 1812
Call No: LOT 15435, no. 12 (H)
Creator: Dighton
Plate No: 21
Location: [London]
The reel of bogie!! A clerical dance
Call No: LOT 15435, no. 13 (H)
Creator: Lesage, A.
Location: Edinburgh
The royal pantomine; [and] The toll gate
Call No: LOT 15435, no. 14 (H)
Creator: Wilson, S.
Series: The political play bill
Plate No: No. 7
Location: [London]
An affair of honor - a stray shot
Call No: LOT 15435, no. 15 (H)
Creator: Currier & Ives
Location: New York
Bound to shine!! Or a (blacking) brush on the road
Call No: LOT 15435, no. 16 (H)
Creator: Currier & Ives
Location: New York
[Drapery covering the station of Abraham in Mecca], [between 1880 and 1888]
Call No: LOT 15435, no. 17 (H)
[Mosque with two courtyards and 5 Minarets]
Call No: LOT 15435, no. 18 (H)
Creator: Burckardt, C.
[Mosque with one inner courtyard and 5 Minarets surrounded by city]
Call No: LOT 15435, no. 19 (H)
[Man in red raising sword to slay lion who has swallowed his other arm - writing in Arabic]
Call No: LOT 15435, no. 20 (H)
Stielen en Ambachten
Call No: LOT 15435, no. 21 (H)
Plate No: N. 36
Daar Jongens, Meisjens, heht ge een Print, Waar op gij keur van Voglen vindt
Call No: LOT 15435, no. 22 (H)
Creator: Bouwer, J.
Plate No: K
Location: Amsterdam
De geschiedenis van de groote worst
Call No: LOT 15435, no. 23 (H)
Creator: Braun, K., and Schneider, Fr.
Series: Münchener platen
Plate No: Nr. 3
Location: München
[Ascending or Climbing Club. On the Double Ninth Festival people often gather in groups and climb hills or mountains to look far into the distance]
Call No: LOT 15435, no. 24 (H)
[A big picture of "Nikkosan ryosha shinzu" featured in the middle surrounded by eleven smaller pictures. Under the title, a picture of "Nemuri neko". The middle picture includes (from upper left): Taiyuin-den, Karamon, Yashamon, Koimon, Okunoin, Nitenmon, Niomon; (in the center): Futaarasan Jinja, Shamusho, Hozo, Mizuya, Gojunoto, Mizuya, Bansho, Umaya, Kyu honchido, Koro[?], Shin'yosha, Mawaridoro, [Oranda-toro?], Omotemon, Hasutoro, Sanjinko, Mushikui Tsurikui Tsurigane, Shoro, Toshogu, [Karamon Yomeimon?], Haiden, Hoden, Kagurado, Kairo, Futatsudo, Toshoga haiden. 11 smaller pictures bordering the print (from upper left): Urami no Taki, Jakko no Taki; (on top): Dainich no Ike, Ganmaru no Fuchi, Sorindo, Sanbutsudo, Shinkyo; (on the right): Kirifuri no Taki, Nunobiki no Taki, Takinoo Somen no Taki. On the bottom features a wide picture of a parade with many groups of people carrying flags and lanterns[?] followed by 3 "mikoshi" [portable shrines]. The picture has many cards[?] with names of groups and numbers of people within the groups [mostly illegible].
Call No: LOT 15435, no. 25 (H)
[Oryokko oki no daikaisen - Japanese ships with Navy flags (on the right) attacking with cannons a Chinese ship (on the left) which is tilting and covered in black smoke. On the bottom right: 9-gatsu 17-nichi gog o (rei)-ji 45-fun Oryokko okiai ni oite waga kantai daiichi yugekikan Akagi ika 12-seki wa tekikan teien, Chinen ika 12-seki oyobi. On the left: Suiraitei 6-seki to kaiser-shi higa koko-ni gekiretsu ni tatakai nichibotsu ni itari tekiken Chien ika 4-seki o uchishizume tano 7-seki wa mizukara shokishite tonso seri]
Call No: LOT 15435, no. 26 (H)
[Shinkan shoki no zu - A heavily attacked Chinese war ship with black smoke and many flashing explosions showing many people in boats escaping from the ship and landing on the nearby beach. On the upper right corner in an explanation of the picture: Meiji 27-nen [1894] 9-gatsu 17-nichi waga Daiichi Yugeki Kantai Akagi, Saikyo hoka 10-kan Seikyo-sho daikozan oki nioite taki kantai teien hoka 13-kan suiraitei 6-soni deai gogo reiji 45-fur tekido no kyori ni oite gekisen sujikan waga gun Matsushima, Yaeyama, Akagi, Hiei, Saikyo no sho kusen no nochi tsuini tekikan seien hoka 3-kan gochin shi Teien hoka 2-kan o shoki shitari, zankan mina hojo no dai songai o uke Ikaiei ni mukai tonto seri]
Call No: LOT 15435, no. 27 (H)
[Shinnenkai - New Year's gathering. Interior scene with three generals (or officers) and a Chinese lady seated at a dinner table. Three people on the left are greeting (and bowing) in the direction of a standing officer (to the left of the table). Behind them are two men and two women standing and watching. To the right of the table a man and four ladies with three children are standing. On the right side of the wall hangs a frame "Fukuju [by] Gyokurin" and on the top left side of the ceiling hangs seven flags (China, Japan (Navy), England, United States, etc.). Ladies are dressed in Chinese costumes]
Call No: LOT 15435, no. 28 (H)
[Five Chinese ladies gathered around a table eating. A waitress is seen serving at the right end of the table and a young woman is holding a baby with a tie at the left end of the table. On the right side of the room, a big window shows a woody outside]
Call No: LOT 15435, no. 29 (H)
[Joshi enzetsu - Ten Chinese ladies gathered in a room, some of them drinking [tea?] on a big round table located in the middle of the room covered by lace tablecloth. Five more ladies visible outside through the window and the glass door and two more ladies in a wagon visible through the door]
Call No: LOT 15435, no. 30 (H)
The Japanese troops state entry into the fortress of Tsingtao
Call No: LOT 15435, no. 31 (H)
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