Book Description

First edition, and a fine set, of these ten reproductions of original paintings by Pauline Kohlschütter (born 1851) depicting domestic happiness, love, courtship, marriage and motherhood. Each image is accompanied with an appropriate poem. Pauline Kohlschütter here presents a romanticised and nostalgic look at female happiness, which consists of domestic bliss, marriage and motherhood, all set in late 18th-century interiors, and with the happy couple wearing nostalgic costume of the same period. It is quite remarkable how escapist these images were at a time when the industrial revolution was shaking the basis of society and forcing new roles onto women.
Dealer Notes
Printed on thick card; first card an illustrated title-page in collotype with contents list on verso; remaining 10 cards with mounted plate laid down within ornamental border with title at head and caption; seven of plates in collotype, three silver-gelatine prints (a little faded)
Author KOHLSCHÜTTER, Pauline.
Date [c. 1896],
Binding in the original red cloth decorative folding slip case by Hübel & Denck of Leipzig, decorative upper board, lower board blind-stamped, case a little rubbed and worn.
Publisher Berlin, Fritz Grandt,
Condition 4to, pp. [22]; a little light spotting, a few minor folds.

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