Prestele, Franz Joseph Ulrich (sold)
Prestele, Franz Joseph Ulrich. (1796 - March 9, 1867) was a German-American lithographer; he was known in the United States as Joseph Prestele. He is remembered mainly for his botanicals, but also produced a lithograph broadside synopsizing the story of the move, from Germany to America, of the pietist sect known as the Community of True Inspiration (The Inspirationists) of which Prestele had become a member. Prestele was born in Jettingen, Bavaria, where he was trained by his father as a lithographer and painter. In Germany, he had been head gardener for King Ludwig I of Bavaria, and an artist at the Royal Botanical Garden in Munich. Prestele joined the Community of True Inspiration in 1837, relocating first to their community in Engelthal. The family were, in 1843, among the first members of the community to resettle in AmericaM, where they founded the communal settlement of Eben-Ezer, now part of suburban Buffalo, New York. As a member of the Community, Prestele sold botanical illustrations to nurserymen and provided illustrations for Asa Gray's botanical.
Extremely Rare Inspirationist Broadside.
Eben Ezer Sam. 7. 12.
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This is a one-of-a-kind lithograph broadside by Joseph Prestele (1796 - 1867) encompassing the migration from Hesse, Germany to western New York of the pietist sect known as the Community of True Inspiration. It is a composite image narrating the journey from Germany to America of Prestele and his coreligionists. It illustrates the estates in Hesse, where the sect took root; the ship that brought Prestele and his family to America in 1843; the views of Staten Island visible from the ship; and panoramas of the three villages of Eben-Ezer where Prestele and the Inspirationists settled in the 1840s and 50s. (more details)