‘SCHILLER.’

– Original antique print showing a portrait of Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (1759 – 1805), a German playwright, poet, and philosopher.

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Description

Original antique print showing a portrait of Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (1759 – 1805), a German playwright, poet, and philosopher.

Made by after an anonymous artist.

Medium: stipple engraving/etching on wove paper.

Sheet size: 16 x 25.5 cm (6.3 x 10.04 inch). Image size: 10 x 11 cm. (3.94 x 4.33 inch).

Condition: fair, given age. Paper partly browned and spots. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER-PORTRAIT | RB-A8-04

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Published in France c. 1830.

Biography engraver: James Hopwood, referred to as James Hopwood the Younger or James Hopwood the Second (c. 1800?1850), engraver, son of James Hopwood the elder.