Theodor Hosemann

Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Theodor Hosemann (24 September 1807, in Brandenburg an der Havel – 15 October 1875, in Berlin) was a German genre painter, draftsman, illustrator and caricaturist.

[1] Hosemann was the son of an officer in the Prussian Army and moved about frequently until, at the age of twelve, he was apprenticed to the lithography firm of Arnz & Winckelmann in Düsseldorf.

From 1834 to 1852, he enjoyed a fruitful collaboration with the satirist Adolf Glassbrenner; most notably a series of 32 books entitled Berlin wie es ist und – trinkt (Berlin As It Is and - Drunk).

[2] From 1842 to 1855, he was a member of a literary society called Tunnel über der Spree, where he was known as "Hogarth".

In the 1850s, he was also associated with the group Rütli, editing their yearbook and providing engraved illustrations.