STEMPEL

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Printed lithographic certificate for a gymnastic pyramid designed by Adolf Schlieder of Gohlis, with autograph signature of Adolf A. Stempel, director of Stempel's Physical Training Institute and Gymnasium, Regent's Park, London.

Author: 
Adolf A. Stempel, Sole Proprietor and Director of Stempel's Physical Training Institute and Gymnasium, 76 Albany St, Regent's Park [Adolf Schlieder of Gohlis in Saxony]
Publication details: 
Certificate: Gohlis [Saxony]. 1888. Stempel's signature dated from London, 12 April 1888.
£80.00

On one side of a piece of 11 x 22.5 cm card. In fair condition, aged and a little worn, with one crease. Crude but attractive design, within a thick-thin border, depicting a gymnast within a sylvan setting, holding a laurel wreath over the head of a bald and bearded figure (presumably Schlieder). To the gymnast's left is a large banner bearing the motto: 'FRISCH FROMM FRÖHLICH FREI'.

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