Till Eulenspiegel, circa 1906
Carnival figure dressed as Till Eulenspiegel. Created by printmaker Rene Ackermann (1853-1913), circa 1906-13. Till Eulenspiegel is popular figure from German folklore who first appears in print in a chapbook from 1515. He is a trickster and prankster who exposes vices. His life is set in the first half of the 1300s and he dies of the plague in 1350. His surname literally means owl-mirror but may also be a pun meaning wipe your arse
Picture No
14028260
Media ID
47826237
Size
3900px x 9267px
(17.3MB)
Credit
Library of Congress / Science Source / Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Library of Congress
Date
circa 1906
