Johann Michael Voltz

His drawings and graphic prints brought him to the attention of the court painter.

After completing his education he was employed by Herzberg, an academic bookstore in Augsburg, where he created popular prints.

In 1809, after a brief stay in Munich, he joined the firm of picture book publisher Friedrich Campe (1777-1846) in Nuremberg, for which he worked until his death.

In total, his oeuvre includes about 5000 drawings and etchings, which he created for Campe and several other art publishers in Augsburg and Nuremberg, including Von Jenisch- und Stagesche Buchhandlung [de], Johann Leonhard Schrag [de] and Georg Ebner.

His cartoons, directed against Napoleon Bonaparte, are still reproduced in present-day history books.