A Long Run for a Short Slide

Discussion in 'Art' started by morgen94, May 25, 2023.

  1. morgen94

    morgen94 Well-Known Member

    This is going to be what my husband calls one of my long runs for a short slide, so please bear with me...

    Until a year ago, when we moved out of state, I was the curator of a tiny local history museum and in that capacity I welcomed many, many students to our museum. I knew that the best way to make history relatable was to connect it to things in the visitors' life now, so I talked to the students about what it was like to be a child--and to go to school--in our town many years before. One of the things the students enjoyed learning about and handling (reproductions of) afterwards was bookstraps for carrying schoolbooks to school. I gathered images of children using them wherever I found them.

    Fast forward to last night when I was relaxing with an online puzzle and upon completion of it I was amused to see a woman looking for the owner of the bookstrap and schoolbooks in her hand, and who was hiding from her. Although I am not at that museum again I would like to add that image to my collection, in the event that I volunteer at a museum near me now, but I want to give credit to the artist and add any information I can find about the picture. The person who posted the puzzle had no information and despite my reverse-image search of several databases, I found no match. I eventually saw a signature on the art and it seems to be signed Edward (Eduard?) Something and 1847. Can you help?

    Thank you!
    Lynne
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    Last edited: May 25, 2023
  2. smallaxe

    smallaxe Well-Known Member

    I think it's Austrian artist Eduard Ritter.
     
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  3. morgen94

    morgen94 Well-Known Member

    Ah! Thank you so much! While I didn't find the exact painting in a search for Ritter's work, I see now the signature looks like 'Eduard Ritter' and his other works bear a strong resemblance to this image.

    Lynne
     
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