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Friedrich August Moritz Retzsch is documented in Fuller’s letters (1830–1836). 2 distinct works are named, most often in Letter to Amelia Greenwood, and the most intensive engagement recorded is “analyzed”.
Reprints, Memoirs passages, and repeat notes within a single manuscript are shown but never counted twice. Evidence for this author is selective, not exhaustive. Methodology →
“He brought me Retsch's Illust. of Hamlet spoiled in copying I presume for they were the weakest burlesque—and one could not trace any talent in the designs either.”
This page brings together documented engagements currently identified within the Fuller Reading Worlds catalog.
Selected passages from Fuller’s own writings, in chronological order.
“He brought me Retsch's Illust. of Hamlet spoiled in copying I presume for they were the weakest burlesque—and one could not trace any talent in the designs either.”
Fuller, Margaret. The Letters of Margaret Fuller. Edited by Robert N. Hudspeth. Vol. I. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1983.
Hudspeth identified Moritz Retzsch (1779–1857) as a German painter whose illustrated gallery was published in London and Leipzig in 1828.
“I am very familiar with Retsch's illustrations of Faust and admire them much.”
Fuller, Margaret. The Letters of Margaret Fuller. Edited by Robert N. Hudspeth. Vol. I. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1983.