Portrait of Frèedrich Christoph Perthes
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1840–1850
name: label: Print Maker
content: Julius Caesar Thaeter, German, 1804 - 1870
label: After
content: Otto Speckter, German, 1807 - 1871
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Bust-length portrait of the book dealer, Frèedrich Cristoph Perthes (1772-1843), shown facing half left. He wears a stock and high collar. Inscribed below center (imitation signature): "Frèedrich Perthes", and lower left: "Otto Spekter gez."; lower right: "J. Thaeter gest."
place: label: made in
content: Dresden, Germany
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1957-41-134
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Steel engraving on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 36.1 × 28 cm (14 3/16 in. × 11 in.)