Artist: Franz Edmund Weirotter (Austrian, 1733-1771).
Title: A Cottage. Landscape with Cottages and Boats by a Riverbank. An engraving from Series Suite de Paysages no 11.
Printed: London, 1868 — for Philip Gilbert Hamerton’s Etching and Etchers. "The Waterloo and Weirotter plates are the property of a Parisian dealer who owns many other coppers by both these masters They are in fair condition and may be considered representative plates". Philip Gilbert Hamerton’s Etching and Etchers. p. XII. Edition 1868.
Dimensions: Image 3 7/8" x 10". Sheet 6 3/4" x 10".
Date: plate 1763 printed c. 1868.
Materials and Techniques: the original 18th-century etching on laid paper printed later.
Watermark: partially visible.
Provenance: The Estate of George "Yorgo" Demetrakopoulos; professor, assistant director of the Medieval Institute, and assistant to the dean at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, from 1965-2000.
Condition: light toning, full margins. The signs of aging are appropriate for the time. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Part of: Philip Gilbert Hamerton. Etching & Etchers. 1868.
Museums, Libraries and Auctions: The British Museum 1854,1020.1084.
Art Movements, Periods & Schools: Austrian School XVIII C.
Acknowledgement: This entry incorporates text from Wikipedia and the catalog entry of a similar item from the British Museum collection.