16 small engravings and etchings of scenes, vignettes, and faces, many of them signed by Daniel Chodowiecki

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Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Lavater collection (YCGL MSS 13) > Series II: Other Artwork > CHODOWIECKI, DANIEL > 16 small engravings and etchings of scenes, vignettes, and faces, many of them signed by Daniel Chodowiecki

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Description

Title: 16 small engravings and etchings of scenes, vignettes, and faces, many of them signed by Daniel Chodowiecki
Creator: From the Collection: Lavater, Johann Caspar, 1741-1801
Published / Created: undated
Description: Mounted on 5 leaves of thick blue paper (one folded). Two engravings with manuscript captions in Lavater's hand interpreting the mood of the person portrayed
Provenance: The provenance of the collection is uncertain, although it may have been part of the material, called simply "prints," purchased in 1926 from descendants of Lavater, Waldemar C. Hirschfeld (Yale certificate in architecture, 1903) and his brother Robert Lavater Hirschfeld, both then of Meriden, Connecticut.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: German

Repository

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Call Number

YCGL MSS 13

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Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Lavater collection
  - Series II: Other Artwork, 1776-1799
    CHODOWIECKI, DANIEL
    THIS ITEM 16 small engravings and etchings of scenes, vignettes, and faces, many of them signed by Daniel Chodowiecki

Container / Volume

Box 1, folder 23

Access: Public
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Citation: Lavater Collection. Yale Collection of German Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.