C1894

A Wendic Custom: A Funeral on the River Spree, in Lusitania

Artist:

C.J. Staniland

About fifty miles south of Berlin, in the Spreewalde, on the borders of Bohemia, funerals on the ice are of no uncommon occurrence. Here is one of the few districts still inhabited by the Wends, a branch of the Slavic … Read Full Description

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Full Title:

A Wendic Custom: A Funeral on the River Spree, in Lusitania

Date:

C1894

Artist:

C.J. Staniland

Engraver:

Meisenbach 

Condition:

In good condition.

Technique:

Original engraving.

Image Size: 

305mm 
x 195mm
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A Wendic Custom: A Funeral on the River Spree, in Lusitania - Antique Print from 1894

Genuine antique
dated:

1894

Description:

About fifty miles south of Berlin, in the Spreewalde, on the borders of Bohemia, funerals on the ice are of no uncommon occurrence. Here is one of the few districts still inhabited by the Wends, a branch of the Slavic population of Lusitania, who yet retain their distinct language, costume, and national characteristics. The numerous ramifications in which the Spree penetrates the woods and forests of this country before reaching Berlin are in the winter securely frozen over, when they take the place of roads, and are used as such even for funeral processions. Everyone is, of course, perfectly at home on skates. So the young men, skating, take the ropes attached to the sleigh on which the coffin is borne, the old men, women, and children follow, skating, behind. The skates used are old-fashioned in character, tied with string. The men wear black coats and hats and such occasions, but the women vary their costume with white hoods, scarves, and aprons.

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