The deatd [sic] of Prince Leopold of Brunswick La mort du Prince Leopold de Brunswick / [graphic] =

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Title: The deatd [sic] of Prince Leopold of Brunswick La mort du Prince Leopold de Brunswick / [graphic] =
Alternative Title: Deatd of Prince Leopold of Brunswick
Death of Prince Leopold of Brunswick
Mort du Prince Leopold de Brunswick
Creator: Perdriaux, active approximately 1790- printmaker
Contributor: Gaugain, Thomas, -1810?
Northcote, James, 1746-1831, artist.
Published / Created: [between 1787 and 1790]
Publication Place: France
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: "Leopold of Brunswick drowning in the Oder river while trying to save the inhabitants of a village from the flood."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Titles etched below image, in English and French.
Place and date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1875,0710.148.
"The print is a piracy of Gaugain's print after Northcote's painting now at the Hunterian Art Gallery, University of Glasgow (GLAHA_44386), see M. Hopkinson, 'James Northcote's The death of prince Maximilian Leopold of Brunswick', The British Art Journal, IV,2, 2003, pp.29-36."--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark at top edge.
With five lines of text below each title that describe the flood and the Prince's death.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 37.3 x 43 cm, on sheet 37.9 x 46 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English
French

Genre: Reproductions
Mezzotints France 1787
Material: mezzotint with etching ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): Oder River,
Germany.
Subject (Name): Maximilian Julius Leopold, Herzog zu Braunschweig und Leuneburg, 1752-1785,
Subject (Topic): Rivers
Floods
Subjects: Maximilian Julius Leopold, Herzog zu Braunschweig und Leuneburg, 1752-1785
Oder River
Rivers > Germany
Floods > Germany
France > 1787