1808 J. F. Manskirsh, Grazing Cattle, Large hand coloured aquatint, Agriculture

Grazing Cattle

Dimensions: 28.6x39.5 cm

Extremely rare and large original hand coloured aquatint issued by in "Ackermann's New Drawing Book, Comprising Groupes of Figures, Cattle, and other Animals, for the embellishment of Landscapes, Designed and Engraved by J. F. Manskirsh" (London: R. Ackermann) 1808.

See British Museum reference: 1972,U.461.1-25

This rare plate was one of 25 published by Ackerman’s Repository showing various countryside scenes.

Franz Joseph Manskirsch, also Franz Josef Manskirsch (October 6, 1768 in Ehrenbreitstein – March 16, 1830 in Danzig) was a German portrait and landscape painter.

From 1790 he worked in the Rhineland and from 1793 in England. There he portrayed future Prime Minister George Canning. In London he supplied illustrations to Rudolph Ackermann (1764–1834).

Evidence of wear but in overall good condition.