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Print, The Sham Castle, Schloss Wilhelmshöhe, near Cassel, Germany

This is a Print. It was print maker: Friedrich Schroeder and after Johann August Nahl The Younger and C. Schlaich. 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 cm (17 in. × 19 11/16 in.) Paper: 44.9 × 52.2 cm (17 11/16 × 20 9/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed below: "Due Felsen Burg" and a two line dedicatory inscription. Lower left: "gezeochnet von Nahl," lower center: "Die Figuren von G. Schleich;" lower right: "Gestochen von F. Schnoeder."

Cite this object as

Print, The Sham Castle, Schloss Wilhelmshöhe, near Cassel, Germany; Print Maker: Friedrich Schroeder (German, 1768 - 1839); After Johann August Nahl The Younger (German, 1752 - 1825), C. Schlaich; Germany; engraving on paper; Plate: 43.2 × 50 cm (17 in. × 19 11/16 in.) Paper: 44.9 × 52.2 cm (17 11/16 × 20 9/16 in.); 1957-41-191

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