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Human character traits, print, Four scenes depicting human character traits. Above: three boys bowing before their parents (example of gratitude) and children showing their report card grades (example of success). Below: parents with a child (example of a happy marriage) and an interior with a woman doing needlework and children busy winding yarn (example of a life of prosperity). Numbered bottom center: Tab. XXII., printmaker: Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, Berlin, 1769, paper, etching, height 182 mm x width 225 mm, The print is part of a series of 96 prints that appeared to illustrate the 'Elementarwerk' by the German pedagogue Johann Bernhard Basedow. The prints were produced by various artists based on drawings by Daniel Chodowiecki. In 1774, the collected print works were published under the title: Kupfersammlung zu JB Basedows Elementarwerk für die Jugend und ihre Freunde., Person, Johann Bernhard Basedow, home sewing, repair of clothes, parents with their children, head bent forward, bowing, returning home from school (report, mark, school), A sheet divided into four rectangular scenes showing interior rooms with groups of people engaged in domestic activities, each scene rendered in fine line etching with crosshatching; in the upper left a group of formally dressed men stand near a seated man and a standing woman beside a couch beneath framed pictures on the wall; in the upper right a seated man by a window interacts with a woman holding a child while another woman and a man sit at a small table nearby; in the lower left a woman seated with a child on her lap is assisted by a standing woman while a man hands clothing to another standing figure beside a table; in the lower right a reclining woman rests on a raised platform while a standing woman works at a spinning wheel and another woman attends near an open doorway, with shelv

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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Human character traits print Four scenes depicting human character traits three boys bowing parents example gratitude children showing report card grades success child happy marriage interior woman doing needlework children busy winding yarn life prosperity Numbered bottom center Tab Xxii printmaker Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki Berlin 1769 paper etching height 182 mm x width 225 mm part series 96 prints appeared illustrate Elementarwerk German pedagogue Johann Bernhard Basedow prints produced various artists based drawings Daniel Chodowiecki 1774 collected works published under title Kupfersammlung zu JB Basedows Elementarwerk für die Jugend und Person Johann Bernhard Basedow home sewing repair clothes children head bent forward bowing returning home school report mark sheet divided four rectangular scenes showing interior rooms groups people engaged domestic activities scene rendered fine line etching crosshatching upper left group formally dressed men stand near seated man standing woman beside couch beneath framed pictures wall upper right window interacts woman holding another woman man sit small table nearby lower left woman seated lap assisted standing woman man hands clothing another standing figure beside table lower right reclining woman rests raised platform standing woman works spinning wheel attends open doorway shelv