Object Number 1967.2443

Object Name

Print (Engraving)

Title

Baroness von Riedesel (proof)

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Mrs. Waldron Phoenix Belknap

Creator (Role)

John Chester Buttre (Engraver)
1821-1893

Tischbein (Painter)
Uncertain whether this is Anton Tischbein (1720-84) or Anton Wilhelm Tischbein (1730-1804).

John Munsell

Place of Origin

Albany, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Date

1867

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower left beneath image; Painted by Tischbein.
2. Inscription; Lower right beneath image; Engraved by J .C. Buttre.
3. Inscription; Bottom center; Entered according to act of Congress AD.1867 by J.Munsell in the clerks office of the district court of the southern district of New York.

Subjects

Portrait

Materials

Ink; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Stipple engraved, Line engraved

Dimensions (inches)

11.4 (H) , 7.1 (W) , 5.5 (Image H) , 3.2 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

29 (H) , 18.1 (W) , 5.5 (Image H) , 3.2 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

H and W are of backing. Plate measurements not available.

Publisher Summary

Munsell, John

Publication Date

1867

Place of Publication

Albany, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

State

Proof with letters

Watermark

none

Edition Notes

Proof possibly for Friederike Charlotte L. Riedesel, Letters and Journals Relating to the War of the American Revolution, and the Capture of the German Troops at Saratoga, Albany, NY: J. Munsell, 1867.

Object Description

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