Initial D, ca. 1884

Title

Initial D

Draughtsman

• Wilhelm Steinhausen

Part Number / Total

41 / 53

Period Produced

• 19th century

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• vellum paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• brush drawing

Geographic Reference

• German

Production Reason

• initial
• preliminary drawing for a book illustration

Watermark

• Nicht geprüft

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städtische Galerie

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Acquisition

Acquired in 1953

Genre

• historical narration
• literary representation

Associated Persons and Institutions

• Heinrich Steinhausen

Illustrated Passage

• Heinrich Steinhausen: Irmela. Eine Geschichte aus alter Zeit

Primary

• 49L12(D) Roman script; scripts based on the Roman alphabet (D)
• 48A9833 flowers ~ ornament
• 49L17 initial