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Print, Portrait of Wilhelm Tell

This is a Print. It was print maker: Pierre-Michel Alix and after François-Jean Sablet. It is dated ca. 1800-1815 and we acquired it in 1957. Its medium is colored engraving, possibly aquatint on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

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

Its dimensions are

36.4 × 24.9 cm (14 5/16 × 9 13/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed below: "J.F. Sablet pinxt."..."P.M. Alix sulpt."/ Guillaume-Tell"/"A Paris chez Marie François Deouhin, Editeur et Imprimeeu-Libraire, Rue Christine, No. 2."/"Imprimé chez lui par Bechet."

Cite this object as

Print, Portrait of Wilhelm Tell; Print Maker: Pierre-Michel Alix (French, 1762 - 1817); After François-Jean Sablet (1745 - 1819); France; colored engraving, possibly aquatint on paper; 36.4 × 24.9 cm (14 5/16 × 9 13/16 in.); 1957-41-85

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