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Across the Leitha 367 This convergence of the two thinkers’ interest was no accident, for both were members of the circle around the sculptor and medalist Joseph Daniel Böhm (1794–1865). Until recently Böhm was relatively unknown. Even though he was Director of the Academy of Engraving at the Imperial and Royal Central Mint from 1837 onward, and therefore an artist of some stature, he has since remained a marginal figure except for his role Fig. 2 : Museum of Upper Hungary (Felsőmagyaro- szági Múzeum), 1904–1907, historic photograph, Györi & Boros atelier, Košice, East Slovak Museum, Košice. Fig. 3 : Lithograph Portrait of Imre Henszl- mann by Josef Marastoni, 1861, Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Bildarchiv und Grafiksammlung.