Ludwig Richter (1803-1884) was a contemporary of Liwwät Böke. It can be stated with certainty that he did not know about her illustrations and hence did not copy them. The illustrations presented in the book appear to have been copied from models which Ludwig Richter published in Germany in the period 1855-1866.(12) It is possible that a forger copied them and ascribed them to Liwwät Böke. However, it is also possible that Liwwät Böke saw Richter´s illustrations in the period 1855-1882 in Cincinnati or Minster. Copying them would have been a dubious and probably also disgraceful plagiarism even in the 19th century; Howsoever: she changed the date of production and the captions in order to pass them off as hers.

On page 29, for instance, Richter´s "Ährenlese" [gleaning] of 1866 is converted to "Blagen, Hunne, de Gaten is doag insäit [Children, dogs, thus the garden is seeded] 1828 Liwwät Knapke"; on page 60 Richter´s "Dein Reich komme" [Thy kingdom come] is turned into "von Grauten Beld – de Sutsengelen past de Blagen up! [from a large picture–The guardian angels watch the children] Liwwät Knapke 1828". The illustration presented on page 143 is given a new meaning: Richter´s "Der Lenz ist gekommen" [It’s springtime!] of 1855 is converted to "Spitakel! Gedruss!! Biätten kann he nich! [Noise! Commotion!! Pray he cannot] Liwwät Knapke 1827". On page 155 Richter´s "Kling, klang, gloria" (1858) is turned into "Kinnerspielerin [Children´s play] Liwwät Knapke 1825" and Richter´s "Ernte" [harvest time] of 1866 is converted into "Arbeit im Feld, hungerich un dörstig, [Work in the fields; they are hungry and thursty] Liwwät Knapke 1827”.

Der Lenz ist angekommen, aus:  L. Richter, Beschauliches und Erbauliches, 1851 - 1855	"Noise! Commotion!! Pray he cannot." "Liwwät" 1827