"a lion lurks around an elephant, which vigilantly follows its movements with its trunk (prussia tries to get to grips with the slow-moving austria) [. . ] marked am - hm - 67 x 118 d. 1246". From: elfried bock: adolph menzel. List of his graphic works. Berlin amsler & ruthardt 1923, page 429 http://friedrich. Uni-trier. De/de/bock/429/ "vignette by adolph menzel on the essay by frederick ii: "reflections on the measures to be taken in the event of a new war with the austrians". (28 september 1779. [original french: réflexions sur les mesures à prendre au cas d'une guerre nouvelle avec les autrichiens, en supposant qu'il follow the same method of rigid defense as in the last campaign of 1778 in: œuvres de frédéric le grand, berlin decker 1856, tome xxix p. 160]). Edited by unzelmann and müller. " "the behavior of the prussian army proposed here by the royal master of the art of war, should the austrian army remain firmly in its impregnable positions in moravia in the event of a new war, is symbolized aptly and cleverly in the vignette by the behavior of a lion in battle with an elephant, which cannot be moved to attack by its enormous, superior body mass, strength and force. With quick steps, the smaller, more agile lion stalks the colossal enemy in a wide circle, so as not to give him a moment's rest and to bring him out of his defensive position into a position that is fatal for him by some sudden surprise. " from: adolph menzel's illustrations to the works of frederick the great. Woodcut by o. Vogel, a. Vogel, fr. Unzelmann and h. Müller. 200 pages with text by ludwig pietsch (1824–1911) jubilee edition volume ii. Berlin 1886. K. Wagner, art and publishing house dessauerstrasse 2. Page 45 on archive. Org. Date: 1854.
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