Lot 144
Hoechle (Johann Nepomuk) Sechs Momente aus dem Leben eines ungarischen Husaren, Vienna, Mansfield, 1850.
Hammer Price: £1,300
Description
Hoechle (Johann Nepomuk) Sechs Momente aus dem Leben eines ungarischen Husaren, six finely hand-coloured lithographed plates by Joseph Kriehuber after Hoechle, heightened with gum arabic, neatly mounted on captioned card, loose as issued in original printed wrappers, some light surface soiling and creasing, small ink stain to upper cover, preserved in custom card and cloth chemise with morocco label to upper cover, [Bobins 1580; not in Colas or Lipperheide], oblong folio, Vienna, Mansfield, 1850.
⁂ A rare and handsome series depicting moments in the life of a Hungarian Hussar. The Hussars were among the Hungarian army's most celebrated regiments and had impressed their Austrian opponents through their numerous acts of bravery during the 1848 Hungarian Revolution.
Description
Hoechle (Johann Nepomuk) Sechs Momente aus dem Leben eines ungarischen Husaren, six finely hand-coloured lithographed plates by Joseph Kriehuber after Hoechle, heightened with gum arabic, neatly mounted on captioned card, loose as issued in original printed wrappers, some light surface soiling and creasing, small ink stain to upper cover, preserved in custom card and cloth chemise with morocco label to upper cover, [Bobins 1580; not in Colas or Lipperheide], oblong folio, Vienna, Mansfield, 1850.
⁂ A rare and handsome series depicting moments in the life of a Hungarian Hussar. The Hussars were among the Hungarian army's most celebrated regiments and had impressed their Austrian opponents through their numerous acts of bravery during the 1848 Hungarian Revolution.