Certificate of Authorization for the Title of "Von" for Johann Ferdinand Richter
date: label: Date
content: April 7, 1785
name: label: Engraver
content: Franz Mayer, Austrian, active 1700s
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Consists of seventeen pages of text, including illumination of arms, giving a brief history of Richter (he joined the Austrian army in 1754; saw service 1757-63). Signed by Emperor Josef and counter-signed by Tobias Philip, Freiher von Coblentz. Imperial seal case is attached by a silk cord to the book. Past-paper book papers used as end papers.
place: label: made in
content: Austria
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Museum purchase through gift of Erskine Hewitt
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1962-194-1
objectType: label: Type
content: ephemera
label: Object Name
content: Calligraphy
label: Type
content: Calligraphy
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and ink, brush and watercolor over engraving on vellum, bound in velvet-covered boards with imperial seal in brass case
label: Dimensions
content: (closed): 37 x 33 cm (14 9/16 in. x 13 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: (diam. of case): 14.9 cm (5 7/8 in.)