Beschrijving
Album Amicorum, Austria 1829-1841, 12,5x20cm morocco leather album with silver coloured metal ornaments, gilt ornaments on spine, gilt ornaments on interior of binding, original lock still present. With: pecildrawing by F. v. W.S., original etching/engraving landscape with church/castle by J. Ballarini 1834 Vien (Wien/Vienna) (Thieme Becker, p. 415) mentions two landscapes by this artist, pencil drawing by Frederic Jelinek or Jelinke Frederic, ‘employe Bureau des Postes Vienna 20 July 1840, drawing in pen with ink and crochet work showing a (funeral) vase signed ‘M.R. 1833’), pencil drawing with poem in ink by Jos. Watzinger, 21 August 1829, beautiful flowers in watercolour and crayon by Nina Edle von Humbourg (1841), crochet/needlepoint work with initials H.D. with floral band, page with dried flowers in attractive arrangement, hairwork by Wilhelmine W, 23 May 1830 Weidling am Bach needlepoint in silk thread with silk flowers with initials SG of Sophie Guilleaume 1833, hairwork/lock of hair Wien 1826 Juny WeiB (?), lock of hair with initials T.D., lock of hair intitals A.A. (?), poem in French by F.C. Schmid 1829, poem in ink by Louise 1833, poem in English by C. Tachauer/Fachauer, poem in ink by Ynarb Brudel (/), GroBnugnabdorf 1832, poem in ink signed by Kafka 3 March 1834 (relative of Franz Kafka??), Marie 1834 Janner, Mary 1840, poem by Gustav Petter 20 March 1840 (possibly Petter Gustav, * 09. März 1818 Wien, † 25. Februar 1868 Görz (Italien), Maler, Bruder des Theodor Petter), poem signed by F. Wien 26 May 1832, Magdalena Knidal/Snidal 1832, Wien 1829, 1829 S.D. (?), Wien 3 March 1829, Louise Chevalien/Chevalier?, Vienne 1832 countess Caroline Barbo Waxenstein/Wachenstein, 1832, 1829 Ragasnitz, 1829 F. Fischer, Marie Schindler 1840, Cavallo von Mumsen (?) 1840 music score which turns out to be playable, 1830 Louise Poullou, Susanna Schwarzer, Wien 13 February 1829. Most pages with gilt edges. Attractive early 19th century Austrian album amicorum of a young lady, possibly of noble descent.
