Die bösen Gesellen : eine Dorfgeschichte ; für Alt und Jung zur Belehrung und Warnung
An 1846 German village tale printed by J. G. Seitz, credited to Joseph Schmid with Eduard Ratti and Claire de Durfort, intended as a moral lesson and warning for readers both young and old. The single plate is a small, lightly shaded etching of a young man seen from behind, walking a dirt path with a hat, bundle and bottle, with trees and a distant village beyond; a designer might take its loose, sketchy hatching and rustic travelling-figure pose as a reference for vintage narrative scenes.
