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Print, The Devil's Bridge, near Cassel, Germany

This is a Print. It was print maker: Friedrich Schroeder and after Johann August Nahl The Younger and C. Schleich. It is dated 1796 and we acquired it in 1957. Its medium is 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

Plate: 43.2 × 50.7 cm (17 in. × 19 15/16 in.) Paper: 50.1 × 66.5 cm (19 3/4 × 26 3/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed below: "Due Teufels Brücke" and a two line dedication. Lower left: "Nach der Natur gezeichnet von Nahl"; lower center: "die Figuren von G. Schleich"; lower right: "gestochen von F. Schroeder." Below, the date, 1796.

Cite this object as

Print, The Devil's Bridge, near Cassel, Germany; Print Maker: Friedrich Schroeder (German, 1768 - 1839); After Johann August Nahl The Younger (German, 1752 - 1825), C. Schleich; Germany; engraving on paper; Plate: 43.2 × 50.7 cm (17 in. × 19 15/16 in.) Paper: 50.1 × 66.5 cm (19 3/4 × 26 3/16 in.); 1957-41-181

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