Engraver
Emil Hochdanz
 (1816–1885)
  
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley


Emil Hochdanz was a stone engraver in Stuttgart, creating lithographic plates for the various coloured printing inks for multi-coloured illustrations. After he died, his son Carl Hochdanz took over the company, keeping it trading as Emil Hochdanz Co. In 1899: Carl stepped down and sold the printing establishment to business partners Hermann Friese and Walther Hopf, still trading as Emil Hochdanz Co..

The company was engaged to prepare lithographic plates from drawings by Emil Strand for the illustrations in The Macrolepidoptera of the World (1906-1954) by the editor Adalbert Seitz.

The Hochdanz plates for this publication were then sent Werner & Winter for printing.

Copies of some illustrations in this website engraved by Emil Hochdanz Co.

ANTHELIDAE

Anthela subfalcata

CASTNIIDAE


Synemon catocaloides

Synemon collecta

Synemon directa

Synemon discalis

Synemon gratiosa

Synemon heliopis

Synemon magnifica

Synemon maja

Synemon nais

Synemon notha

Synemon phaeoptila

NOCTUIDAE

Micraeschus rufipallens

Microedma extorris

ZYGAENIDAE

Hestiochora tricolor

Pollanisus trimacula

Pollanisus viridipulverulenta



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(written 5 August 2026, updated 1 October 2026)