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German Ice Skating

Summary: Print shows a man ice skating, not paying attention to where he is going while greeting three women standing on the roadside; directly ahead of him, on the ice, is a small pile of snow and a broom, which, very likely, will cause him to stumble and fall.

Danhauser, Josef, 1805-1845, artist. Verlegenheiten. No. 9, Ach! meine Damen das geht horrl Taites attention mes dames, avec quelle promptitude je mens vain. Vienna: 1824. Prints & Photographs Division

Summary: Print shows a man ice skating, not paying attention to where he is going while greeting three women standing on the roadside; directly ahead of him, on the ice, is a small pile of snow and a broom, which, very likely, will cause him to stumble and fall.