Artist: Franz Edmund Weirotter (Austrian, 1733-1771)
Title: Cottage on a Shore
Medium: Antique Etching on laid paper after the original by Philip Gilbert Hamerton (English, 1834-1894).
Dimensions: Image Size 3 1/8 x 5 inches
Framed Dimensions: Approximately 12 x 14 inches
Framing: This piece has been professionally matted and framed using all new materials.
Franz Edmund Weirotter was an Austrian painter, draughtsman and etcher. Weirotter was born in Innsbruck, and painted primarily landscapes and maritime scenes. He traveled to Paris and Rome where he produced a number of paintings and etchings. Some of his works reside at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Weirotter died in Vienna on 11 May 1771.