Biedermeier drawing depicts noble children in landscape and was executed in 1856 by listed Swiss portrait painter Ulrich Steffen ( born 1816 in Winterthur), studied since 1840 at the Munich Fine Art Academy.

Literature: Artist dictionaries by Thieme / Becker ( German)

Inscription: signed and dated 1856 lower right.

Technique: drawing-watercolour, ink, pen, wash on paper, framed.

Measurements: unframed w 10 2/3" x h 13 3/4" (27 x 35 cm), framed w 13 3/4" x h16 7/8" (35 x 43 cm).

Condition: in very good condition.