About this motif
In the moorlands of northern Germany there used to be simple thatched cottages where peat farmers lived. Ditches crossed the land, serving for drainage and as transport routes.
Behrens' etching shows an old cottage with a low thatched roof on the bank of a moor ditch, with a gnarled tree on the right and more trees in the background. Image about 8 x 11 cm on an 18 x 24 cm sheet, black and white or hand-coloured, framed on request.
