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Print

pre-1724 (designed), 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 4 of 6 from a set of pump 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 4 of 6 from a set of pump designs that is part of a series of 24 sets of various designs. Augsburg, before 1748.
Dimensions
  • To plate mark length: 29.5cm
  • To plate mark width: 18.4cm
Content description
Depicts a man standing on the surface of a large sundial, in front of a pump inscribed 'FATO PRVDEN TIA MAIOR.'
Marks and inscriptions
Ioh. Iacob Schübler inv. et del. Georg Lichtensteger sculpsit 4 Noch eine andere Garten-Plumpe, welche mit einem perpendicularen druck Hebel in der Mitte einer Azimuthal Sonnen Uhr versehen und statt eines Vertical stehenden Stiffts die Zeit auf der Horizontal fläche zeiget, nach dem allemahl die Plump-Stange in der Mitte bey einem gewiesen Einschnitt nach Vollendenten plumpen Winckelrecht gestellet wird. Cum Pr. Sac. Cæs. Maj. Hæred. Ier. Wolffij exc. Aug. V.
Translation
Yet another garden pump, which is fitted with a perpendicular pressure lever in the middle of an azimuthal sundial and shows the time on a horizontal surface instead of a vertically standing stick, in accordance to which the pump rod will certainly be in the centre, placed at a right angle in a certain indentation.
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.4077-1907

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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