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Print

pre-1724 (engraved), pre-1724 (engraved), pre-1748 (published)
Artist/Maker
Johann Jakob Schubler (designed by)
Georg Lichtensteger (engraved by)
Johann Balthasar Probst (published by)
Place of origin
Nuremberg (designed)
Nuremberg (engraved)
Augsburg (published)

Johann Jakob Schübler. Plate 3 of 6 from a set of well designs that is part of a series of 24 sets of various designs. Augsburg, before 1748.

Object details

Category
Ornament Prints
Object type
Print
Materials and techniques
Engraving
Brief description
Johann Jakob Schübler. Plate 3 of 6 from a set of well designs that is part of a series of 24 sets of various designs. Augsburg, before 1748.
Dimensions
  • To plate mark length: 28.4cm
  • To plate mark width: 17.5cm
Content description
Depicts a man operating a well with two buckets by pulling a central chain accessible through an opening in a wall.
Marks and inscriptions
Ioh. Iac. Schübler. inv. et del. Georg Lichtensteger Sculpsit 3 Fernere Invention eines solchen bequemen Schöpff oder Zieh-Brunnen, wie selbiger in einer gebrochenen Nichen kan angebracht, und statt der Zug-Welle bloss mit würcklichen Zug-Ketten versehen werden, dabey sich die ausgiessede Wasser-Eimer seitwerts aus leren, und das Wasser durch Hanen in die Gefässe gelasse wird. Cum Pr. Sac. Cæs. Maj. Hæred. Ier. Wolffij. excud. Aug. V.
Translation
Further invention of such a pleasant dipping or pulling well, which can be fitted in a broken-through niche, and can be furnished only with actual pulling chains rather than a pulling axle, so that the pouring water buckets empty to the side, and the water is let into the vessels through taps.
Object history
The V&A holds this suite as published by Johann Balthasar Probst. It was originally published by Jeremias Wolff, before 1724.
Bibliographic reference
Berlin Staatlich Museen, Katalog der Ornamentstich-Sammlung der Staatlichen Kunstbibliothek Berlin, Berlin and Leipzig, 1936-39, 98. Nagler, G K, Neues allgemeines Künstler-Lexikon, 22 vols, Munich, 1835, vol. XVI, p.38. Nagler, G K, Neues allgemeines Künstler-Lexikon, 22 vols, Munich, 1835, vol. VII, p. 506. Nagler, G K, Neues allgemeines Künstler-Lexicon,, 22 vols, Munich, 1835, vol. XII, pp. 80-81.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.4082-1907

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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