Neureuther, Eugen Napoleon, Germany, Master etcher and apprentice in workshop, verso - stamped, Allegory of the danger of etching. In an artist's workshop with bookcases, reduced plaster casts of classical statues and on the left a leaf vignette in front of a window, the master and apprentice are working. The apprentice with a cloth in front of his mouth pours the etching water into an etching bath, while the master sits nearby with a thermometer and clock. The bottle is marked 'acid nitro'. In the smoke on the ceiling live fireflies that are driven away by monkeys. The challenge for the etcher is depicted by the battle of the Archangel Michael with the demons of the underworld. The etching water is home to 'unpredictable' goblins and evil monsters, who appear when the etcher's timing is off, but the devil is also in the harmfulness of the vapors to the student's health., print, prints, height 158 mm, width 195 mm, German, 1806-01-13 - 1882-03-23, print maker, printmaker, 1839 - 1839,