Thor-Wache: Leipzig, im September 1830

One of a pair of color lithographs, numbered 4, printed by Pönicke; militia groups relaxing and drilling. Relates to an eruption of violence in Leipzig in September 1830 inspired by events in France. [See 'Urban Violence and the Modernization Process in Pre-March Saxony 1830-1831 and 1845' by Richard J. Bazillion, in Historical Reflections / Réflexions Historiques, Vol. 12, No. 2 (Summer 1985), pages 279-303]. [See also: Wache und Ablösung.] One of a pair of color lithographs, numbered 4, printed by Pönicke; militia groups relaxing and drilling. Relates to an eruption of violence in Leipzig in September 1830 inspired by events in France. [See 'Urban Violence and the Modernization Process in Pre-March Saxony 1830-1831 and 1845' by Richard J. Bazillion, in Historical Reflections / Réflexions Historiques, Vol. 12, No. 2 (Summer 1985), pages 279-303]. [See also: Wache und Ablösung.] Oblong folio; margins intact; soiled. N.Y., Walter Schatzki, 1955.