Mr. Burchell berispt George
Medium
etching
Dimensions
59; 112
About this artwork
Interieur van een cel met in de achtergrond op de grond Charles Primrose met twee kinderen. Op dit punt in het verhaal wordt duidelijk dat Mr. Burchell eigenlijk Sir William Thornhill in vermomming is. Zittend op een stoel spreekt hij George berispend toe. Rechtsboven genummerd: 11.
About the Artist
Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki · 1726–1801
Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki (1726–1801) was a German painter and printmaker of Polish-Huguenot descent who became the most celebrated graphic artist in 18th-century Germany. Born in Danzig (now Gdańsk), he created approximately 2,000 etchings that serve as an invaluable visual record of German bourgeois life during the Enlightenment. Largely self-taught, Chodowiecki moved to Berlin in 1743 and ach...