Various artists. Etchings, engravings, and watercolors, including one with a manuscript inscription to Luise Lavater (his daughter) and a caricature depicting a Lavater-like figure presenting a light show. 14 items

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Title
Various artists. Etchings, engravings, and watercolors, including one with a manuscript inscription to Luise Lavater (his daughter) and a caricature depicting a Lavater-like figure presenting a light show. 14 items
Creator
From the Collection: Lavater, Johann Caspar, 1741-1801
Published / Created
1775-1805, undated
Description
Two by Johann Heinrich Lips, one by Daniel Chodowiecki
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 partially digitized.
Language
German

Item Location

Repository
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number
YCGL MSS 13
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Container / Volume
Box 1, folder 2

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

Identifiers

Orbis Record
4650069
Object ID (OID)
2042214

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