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Print, Portrait of Frèedrich Christoph Perthes

This is a Print. It was print maker: Julius Caesar Thaeter and after Otto Speckter. It is dated ca. 1840–1850 and we acquired it in 1957. Its medium is steel engraving on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Bruno Lasker and Mrs. Bruno Lasker.

Its dimensions are

36.1 × 28 cm (14 3/16 in. × 11 in.)

It is signed

Signed in plate, lower left: "Otto Spekter gez."; lower right: "J. Thaeter gest."

Cite this object as

Print, Portrait of Frèedrich Christoph Perthes; Print Maker: Julius Caesar Thaeter (German, 1804 - 1870); After Otto Speckter (German, 1807 - 1871); Germany; steel engraving on paper; 36.1 × 28 cm (14 3/16 in. × 11 in.); 1957-41-134

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