$350
British (1872–1949)
Color Lithograph of fictional German nobleman Baron Munchausen by British painter William Nicholson.
The fictional character was popularized by German writer Rudolf Erich Raspe in his 1785 book Baron Munchausen’s Narrative of his Marvellous Travels and Campaigns in Russia. The character was based on the real Karl Friedrich Hieronymus and the embellished stories he told about war. The fictional character is famously characterized by a pointy nose and a curly mustache. The print is framed and titled in the plate.
circa 1900