October 2, 2012

Collection Name: Scott Skinner Collection

Collection Number: 2859

Post Type: Article

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Artist or Author: A. Hendschels

Creation Year: 1887

Height: 15 inches

Width: 12 inches

Summay:

Newspaper print from 1887 by A. Hendschels, entitled Launiges Allerlei. These seem to be everyday images from Germany in the 1880s, two feature three boys and their kite, which is caught in a local tree. First image has the three boys pulling to free the kite, second image has the boys in a heap, broken tree limb, but kite still in tree.
Newspaper was "Allgemeine Illustrirte Zeitung".

Geographic: Germany

Kite Type: Flat

Materials: Paper

Significance: Cultural, Historical

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