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Object Type
Museum number: 1902,1011.5241
Description: Portrait of Johann Friedrich, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, three-quarter length, standing, wearing wig, lace cravat, armour, embroidered sleeves, sash, and sword; holding a baton, and placing hand on a plumed helmet on a block to the left; trees in background; cavalry battle and castle in distance to right. Inscription erased; counterproof. Mezzotint
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Production date: 1678-1679 (c.)
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Dimensions: Height: 331 millimetres (trimmed); Width: 246 millimetres (trimmed)
Curator's comments: The original painting in the Residenz Ansbach, Ansbach, Bavaria, has been tentatively attributed to William Wissing.
Bibliographic references: Chaloner Smith 1883 / British Mezzotinto portraits from the introduction of the art to the early part of the present century (6.II) (under Tompson; undescribed counterproof); Russell 1926 / English Mezzotint Portraits and their states: Catalogue of Corrections of and Additions to Chaloner Smith's "British Mezzotinto Portraits" (6.II) (counterproof); Blackett-Ord & Turner 2008 / Early Mezzotints: Prints Published by Richard Tompson and Alexander Browne (T.20.II)
Location: Not on display
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Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1902
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1902,1011.5241

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