original chromolithograph print of a young man at the window visiting with a young lady acting demurely and playing with her cat with a long piece of yarn -- titled 'Der Liebe Nachbar' --
likely by noted Austrian genre artist, Franz Schams [see note below]
-- chromo-lithograph printing on medium weight paper -- circa 1863 -- -- printed by Reiffenstein & Rosche, Wien and F. Steiger, New York -- -- printed area measures 13 1/2 by 18 in. -- the sheet measures 18 by 22 in. --
-- rich color -- some old moisture staining especially in the margins /a few edge blemishes and small tears --
-- *from an online compendium of Franz Schams' work:
"Franz Schams (b. Vienna, Austria 1823-1883)
....1863 , March: "The Dear Neighbor". Imitation of watercolor (property of Reiffenstein and Rösch)..."* --
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