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Print, New Year's Wish for Germany, 1779

This is a Print. It was print maker: Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki and published by Johann Georg Berenberg. It is dated 1779 and we acquired it in 1921. Its medium is stipple and line engraving on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Eleanor Garnier Hewitt and Sarah Cooper Hewitt. It is credited Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.

Its dimensions are

10.2 × 6.3 cm (4 in. × 2 1/2 in.)

It is signed

Signed, bottom center: "D. Chodowiecki del [ichthys] sculpsit."

It is inscribed

Lower margin, in plate: Bringe mit dem neuen jahr / Engel Deutschlands, unsren Herzen / Vor dem Gott der Götter dar / Friede, Schneckte er den Thronen / Den Palästen und der Schaar / Aller die in Hütter wohnen

Cite this object as

Print, New Year's Wish for Germany, 1779; Print Maker: Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki (German, 1726 - 1801); Published by Johann Georg Berenberg (German, active 1778-); Germany; stipple and line engraving on paper; 10.2 × 6.3 cm (4 in. × 2 1/2 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1921-22-355

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