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Portrait of Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

Maker

After
(artist)
1808-1850

(engraver)
1812-1902

(publisher)

Title

Portrait of Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

Date of Production

c.1844

Medium

stipple engraving

Dimensions

Height: 21.4 cm
Width: 15.5 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.8088

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Library, transfer, 1990

Credit

Courtauld Gallery, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

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Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Inscriptions

Inscription: Recto: lower left, artist: Storck del.

Inscription: Recto: lower right, artist: A. H. Payne sc.

Inscription: Recto: lower centre, title: G. E. Lessing.

Inscription: Recto: lower centre, written in pencil partially erased, subject life dates: 1729-1781.

Inscription: Recto: lower centre edge, publisher: London, Brain & Payne, 12 Paternoster Row.

Inscription: Recto: lower left, written in pencil, barely legible: J(?) M.

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