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print; frontispiece; newspaper/periodical

Object Type: print; frontispiece; newspaper/periodical
Museum number: Bb,15.1015
Title: Object: Joh. Abraham. Mercklinus D.
Description: Portrait of the doctor Johann Abraham Mercklin; bust-length, directed to front, with head turned toleft, glancing towards the viewer; wearing long, curly wig, cloak with decorative edge, neckerchief with lace frill; in an oval, draped with curtain, on pedestal with tablet; frontispiece to Johann Gottlieb Gleditsch's periodical 'Deutsche Acta eruditorum oder Geschichte der Gelehrten' (Leipzig: 1712-1739, Part 30, 1715). Engraving
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Production date: 1715 (c.)
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Dimensions: Height: 150 millimetres; Width: 91 millimetres
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Location: Not on display
Associated names: Portrait of: Johann Abraham Mercklin; Illustration to: Johann Gottlieb Gleditsch
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Acquisition date: 1818
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: Bb,15.1015