Stunning 1890’s Seven-part Wissembourg jumping jack

 

1890. Seven-part jumping jack. Stencil-coloured lithograph printed by Wissembourg, Burckardts Nachfolger. Famed for their lithographs of the period.

 

A large, exceptional Wissembourg jumping jack, this is the caricature of a jester. Audiences delighted in pulling the string and making the figure "jump". This is a beautiful survivor

 

 

It is striking. Litho design ref Number :-1423 The colour is beautifully fresh for the age.

 

Annotated on bottom right “m Imagerie alsacienne R Ackermann Wissembourg succr. De F.C. Wentzel

 

Dimensions

W: 17in

D: 26in