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Illustration of Fredele's and Louile's life and adventures in 1850
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Illustration of Fredele's and Louile's life and adventures in 1850.
Published
1851.
Physical Description
1 album (24 drawings in 1 box) : pen-and-ink ; 17 x 21 cm.
Notes
Title from decorative title page.
Preliminary page carries manuscript dedication: "Desighned [sic], Illustrated and dedicated by Louis Lang to his old dear friend Frederick Esenwein, Jr."
Bound in autograph album, with "Autographs" stamped on front and back cover and on printed title page.
Provenance
Purchased by Paul Mellon from Howard S. Mott, 1958. Bequest of Paul Mellon (Yale 1929), 2000.
Biographical / Historical Note
Louis Lang, German American artist.
Summary
Bound volume of pen-and-ink sketches interleaved with humorous manuscript verses about Frederick Esenwein, Louis Lang, and Fred Schwarzwalder in New York in 1850: on a boat outing, attending a birthday party for Charles Esenwein's 50th birthday, and getting caught in a thunderstorm, which wrecks Louile's painting studio. A second title page "Fredele's and Louile's Life and Advnentures [sic] illustrated by Louis Lang, 1851" is followed by a double page sketch and a description of New Year's visits.
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 01, 2002
References
Louis Lang, Illustration of Fredele's and Louile's Life and Adventures in 1850. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Cite as
Louis Lang, Illustration of Fredele's and Louile's Life and Adventures in 1850. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
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