Fischotter, Gestreifte Hyäne, Löwe, Elefant, Wolf, Reh, Panther, Wildesel… [Otter, Striped Hyena, Lion, Elephant, Wolf, Deer, Panther, Wild Donkey…]

Description

original-colour lithograph.
Zoological antique print, No. 9579, featuring 30 different animals, presented in equal box size,  i.e. Bilderbogen (sheet of multiple images of similar size), from the famous Neuruppiner Bilderbogen.
Neuruppin became the most important centre of the picture sheet production in Germany in the 19th century. In the printing works and colouring rooms of three companies – Gustav Kühn, Oehmigke & Riemschneider (from 1835 onwards) and FC Bergemann – a total of more than 20,000 different picture sheets were produced in a million copies. The new “stone print”, or lithograph, invented by Alois  Senefelder in 1792, allowed long runs in constant quality, which made the mass sale of stencil-coloured lithographs possible. With more than 12,000 sheets, the Neuruppin Museum now has the largest German collection of this popular printmaking from the 19th and 20th centuries.
Oehmigke & Riemschneider published their last sheet no. 10545 in the 1930s. Complete sheets are now collector’s items as their original intention was to be cut up and used like stickers.