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Collection Photo, Print, Drawing [Religious scenes, themes, and saints printed on picture sheets called Bilderbogen] Religion - Schutzbriefe, Die lange u. kurze Weg, Heilige

About this Item

Title

  • [Religious scenes, themes, and saints printed on picture sheets called Bilderbogen]

Other Title

  • Religion - Schutzbriefe, Die lange u. kurze Weg, Heilige

Summary

  • Includes devotional images and illustrated biblical stories for Catholic and Protestant Christian audiences. Predominant themes include images of the Virgin Mary and the figure of Christ as well as portraits of saints and religious figures. Chromolithographs depict Popes and saints, devotional images of Jesus on the cross, and communion certificates. Highlights include prints of the child Jesus holding the cosmos with a symbol of the cross representing his dominion; prints from Histoire Sainte (stories of the Saints) and Histoire de Jésus-Christ (story of Jesus Christ); and illustrations of David conquering Goliath, Adam and Eve expelled from Paradise, the Lord's Supper, and Jesus' transfiguration. Portraits of saints and martyrs include Saint Gertrude, Saint Caroline, Saint Michael, Saint Christopher, and others. A few prints reflect Jewish themes in Yiddish and other languages.

Created / Published

  • [between 1810 and 1920]

Headings

  • -  Jesus Christ
  • -  Biblical events--1810-1920
  • -  Catholicism--1810-1920
  • -  Christianity--1810-1920
  • -  Devotional images--1810-1920
  • -  Hearts (Symbols)--1810-1920
  • -  Saints--1810-1920
  • -  Stations of the Cross--1810-1920

Format Headings

  • Bilderbogen--1810-1920.
  • Lithographs--1810-1920.

Genre

  • Lithographs--1810-1920
  • Bilderbogen--1810-1920

Notes

  • -  Arrangement: Organized into alphabetical subdivisions. LOT 15453-A: Chromolithographs, LOT 15453-B: French prints, LOT 15453-C: Prints about Jesus Christ and the Holy Family, LOT 15453-D: Saints, and LOT 15453-E: Smaller categories of various subjects.
  • -  Forms part of the Dietrich Hecht collection of Bilderbogen.
  • -  LOT title devised by Library staff.
  • -  Most prints are 47 x 29 cm.
  • -  Creators include: R. Ackermann, C. Burckardt, C. Fasoli, & Ohlman, Hachette & Cie., Gustav Kuhn, F. Leiber, Ed. Gust. May, Pellerin, F.C. Wentzel, and others.
  • -  Prints are mainly in French and German. Some prints in Spanish, Czech, Latin, Danish, Polish, and Yiddish.
  • -  Purchase; Dietrich Hecht; 2009; (DLC/PP-2009:039).
  • -  Finding aid available online https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/eadpnp.pp022001

Medium

  • 491 prints : lithographs, chromolithographs ; sheets 86 x 64 cm or smaller.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • LOT 15453 (H) (OH) (OSE) [P&P]

Source Collection

  • Dietrich Hecht collection of Bilderbogen

Repository

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2022643554

Rights Advisory

Online Format

  • image

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  • Rights Advisory: Rights status of individual images not evaluated. For general information see: "Copyright and Other Restrictions...," https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/res.195.copr
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  • Call Number: LOT 15453 (H) (OH) (OSE) [P&P]
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Religious scenes, themes, and saints printed on picture sheets called Bilderbogen. , None. [Between 1810 and 1920] Photograph. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2022643554/.

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Religious scenes, themes, and saints printed on picture sheets called Bilderbogen. , None. [Between 1810 and 1920] [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2022643554/.

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Religious scenes, themes, and saints printed on picture sheets called Bilderbogen. [Between 1810 and 1920] Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2022643554/>.