The Devotee of Solitude, Illustration for "Königl: Grosbrit [anische] Genealogischer Kalender auf das 1780 Jahr Lauenberg bey J.G. Berenberg"
date: label: Date
content: 1779
name: label: Print Maker
content: Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, German, 1726 - 1801
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: A young hunter leaving a hut at night in moonlight. A wolf walks from a barn to the woods. The poem asks the unhappy to value the experience of his hard times, that he may learn to know society.
place: label: made in
content: Germany
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1921-22-356
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Stipple and line engraving on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 10.3 × 6.4 cm (4 1/16 × 2 1/2 in.)