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print
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frontispiece
Object Type
print
frontispiece
Museum number
1863,0613.2297
Description
King Frederick William III of Prussia asking his siblings to accept their half-brother and sister Frederick William and Julie; frontispiece to 'Taschenbuch auf das Jahr 1800 der Liebe und Freundschaft gewidmet', Bremen: Wilmans, 1799; with remarque of a woman seated underneath a tree, surrounded by her children, a pelican on her lap and an elephant at left. 1799 Etching and stipple
Producer name
Print made by:
Daniel Chodowiecki
Published by:
Friedrich Wilmans
School/style
German
Production date
1799
Production place
Published in:
Bremen (town)
Materials
paper
Technique
etching
stipple
Dimensions
Height:
122 millimetres
(Plate-mark)
Width:
165 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
For an impression without remarque, see 1863,0613.2298.
Bibliographic references
Engelmann 1857 / Daniel Chodowiecki's sämtliche Kupferstiche
(901.I a)
Location
Not on display
Associated names
Representation of:
Frederick William III, King of Prussia
Representation of:
Friedrich Wilhelm, Count of Brandenburg
Representation of:
Countess Julie of Brandenburg
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Frederick Startridge Ellis
Acquisition date
1863
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1863,0613.2297