Description: Part series, 9 original engravings by the listed German printmaker Georg Wolfgang Knorr (1705 - 1761) published in Nuremberg, circa 1740. Depicting scenes of courtship, three images to each plate, three plates totalling nine images, numbered 1-3, 4-6 and 10-12. Signed in the first plate "G. W. Knorr exc. Norib e" lower right margin. Note: Noribergæ, abbreviated to Norib, is the Latin name for Nuremberg, the city in Germany where the engraving was published. Engravings, printed in black ink on laid paper, unframed and unmounted. Engravings in good/fair original condition, strong impressions, but with creases, age toning and small paper losses to the margins; condition within the plate is much cleaner (see photos). As always, condition is already reflected in the price. Plate size; 8.5cm x 20.5cm, sheet size 20.2cm x 33cm Comes with our Certificate of Authenticity - guaranteed authentic and original. Overseas buyers, please check delivery charges to your destination through the eBay global shipping program.Georg Wolfgang Knorr 1705 - 1761German Engraver, publisher, art dealer and fossil collector. Georg Wolfgang Knorr was born in Nuremberg, where he trained with his father in woodturning before switching to engraving. He then worked with the engraver Johann Leonhard Blank in 1723. Self-study of natural history and the history of art; Trained in landscape painting in the 1730s, and later engraved landscapes, portraits and geological formations. Published the first table of the planets in the 1740s, as well as several botanical, malacological and fossil related texts later in his career, for which he is best known. Died in Nuremberg.
Price: 50 GBP
Location: Leyburn
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Artist: Georg Wolfgang Knorr
Signed By: signed in the plate, G. W. Knorr
Image Orientation: Landscape
Size: Medium
Signed: Yes
Title: The Manners of Courtship
Period: Baroque/Roccoco (1600-1770)
Material: Ink, Paper
Certificate of Authenticity (COA): Yes
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Framing: Unframed
Print Surface: Paper
Subject: The manners of courtship
Type: Print
Listed By: Dealer or Reseller
Year of Production: circa 1740
Theme: Love, People
Style: 18th century
Production Technique: Copper Engraving
Country/Region of Manufacture: Germany
Handmade: Yes
Time Period Produced: 1700-1749
