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Print

pre-1724 (designed), pre-1724 (engraved), pre-1748 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Johann Jakob Schübler. Plate 3 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

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Materials and techniques
Brief description
Johann Jakob Schübler. Plate 3 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: 28.7cm
  • To plate mark width: 17.6cm
Content description
Depicts two men operating a pump with a sundial on its face.
Marks and inscriptions
Ioh. Iacob Schübler inv. et del. Georg Lichtensteger sculpsit 3 Ein Cylinder=förmige Figur einer bequemen Wasser Plumpe, mit zwey gegen einander gehenden Stoss Hebeln, welche zugleich als eine zierliche Sonnen Uhr dienet, und auf offenen Plätzen doppelte dienste leisten kan. Cum Pr. Sac. Cæs. Maj. Hæred. Ier. Wolffij exc. Aug. V.
Translation
A cylindrical form of a convenient water pump, with two opposing push levers, which also serves as a delicate sundial, and can serve double duties in public places.
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
Accession number
E.4076-1907

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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