Adolf Schrödter

Adolf Schrödter (June 28, 1805, Schwedt – December 9, 1875, Karlsruhe[1][2]) was a German painter and illustrator. He acquired a reputation as a genre painter and member of the Düsseldorf school of painting,[1] and illustrated such works as Till Eulenspiegel.[3] He was also a pioneer in German comics. In 1848 he published Herr Piepmeyer, a comic book written by Johann Hermann Detmold.[4][5]

Falstaff and his page, Schrödter.

References

1. Humboldt, Wilhelm von (1968). Albert Leitzmann (ed.). Gesammelte Schriften. 1. Abteilung: Werke. Band 6 1827-1835. Walter de Gruyter. p. 585. ISBN 978-3-11-019258-2. Retrieved 4 January 2011.
2. Max Georg Zimmermann: Schroedter, Adolph. In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Band 32, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1891, p. 545–548.
3. Rümann, Arthur (1988). Die illustrierten deutschen Bücher des 19. Jahrhunderts. E. Hauswedell. p. 307. ISBN 978-3-7762-0294-6.
4. http://gutenberg.spiegel.de/buch/satiren-7433/2
5. https://www.lambiek.net/artists/s/schrodter_a.htm