A harnessed reindeer rearing its front legs in a mountainous landscape with a reindeer pulling a manned sleigh in the background. Etching by J.E. Ridinger.

  • Ridinger, Johann Elias, 1698-1767.
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view A harnessed reindeer rearing its front legs in a mountainous landscape with a reindeer pulling a manned sleigh in the background. Etching by J.E. Ridinger.

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A harnessed reindeer rearing its front legs in a mountainous landscape with a reindeer pulling a manned sleigh in the background. Etching by J.E. Ridinger. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Aug[ustae] Vind[elicorum] [Augsburg] : J.E. Ridinger

Physical description

1 print : etching, with engraving ; image 27.5 x 41.1 cm

Lettering

Die Rennthier erreichen ihre grösse...les rennes ont leurs grandeurs...ran giser anno quinto...Cum priv. sac. caes. majest. I. El. Ridinger inv. pinx. sculps. et excud. Aug. Vind. Lettering continues in German, French and Latin and ends with describing in twenty lines of poetry in German the grace of reindeer Bears number top right : 35 Bears number (in pencil) bottom left : T 230

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Wellcome Collection 39339i

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