Two women are walking out of a kitchen and a man is shouting after them as some things fall from the tray one of them is carrying. Wood engraving by H. Kaeseberg after A. Menzel.

  • Menzel, Adolf, 1857-1938.
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29788i
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According to the lettering, an episode in the play by Heinrich von Kleist, Der zerbrochne Krug (The broken jug), wood engraving in the French translation La cruche cassée, translated by Alfred de Lostalot, Paris: Firmin Didot, 1884 (possibly Act 10 of the play). The play is set in the Netherlands

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[Paris?] : [publisher not identified]

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1 print : wood engraving ; image 12.5 x 14.6 cm

Lettering

La cruche cassée a été écrite vers 1804 par Henry de Kleist, le célèbre écrivain. Ad. Menzel. H. Kaeseberg sc.

Reference

Wellcome Collection 29788i

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