Six emblematic etchings and watercolors, with manuscript captions in Lavater's hand

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Description

Title: Six emblematic etchings and watercolors, with manuscript captions in Lavater's hand
Creator: From the Collection: Lavater, Johann Caspar, 1741-1801
Published / Created: 1795-98
Description: Borders and mounting do not match each other. Three are dated: 29 April 1795; 12 September 1796; 1798
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

Repository

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Call Number

YCGL MSS 13

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Container / Volume

Box 2, folder 32

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