Object Number 1969.1758

Object Name

Print (Engraving)

Title

FRÉDÉRIC II RIO DE PRUSSE FAISANT ASSEOIR EN SA PRÉSENCE LE GÉNÉRAL ZIETHEN.

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki (Designer)
1726-1801

Robert Sayer (Publisher)
1725-02//1794
Sayer became active as a printseller as early as the late 1740s. He built up his stock of copper plates by taking over others’ inventories, first Philip Overton, then James McArdell when he died in 1765. He worked in partnership with John Bennett from around 1774 to 1785, then operated alone again through 1793. When he died in February 1794, the firm (along with Sayer’s stock of plates) were taken over by another London print firm, Laurie & Whittle.

Place of Origin

London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1786-1790

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower left; D: Chodowiecki del:
2. Inscription; Lower right; Rob.\t Sayer excudit Londini.

Subjects

Portrait; Portrait

Materials

Ink; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Engraved, Etched, Line engraved

Dimensions (inches)

11.1 (H) , 13.1 (W) , 10.4 (Image H) , 12.4 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

28.3 (H) , 33.4 (W) , 10.4 (Image H) , 12.4 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

Trimmed within platemark.

Publisher Summary

Sayer, Robert

Place of Publication

London, England, United Kingdom

Watermark

Unknown

Object Description

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