Melanie Hahnemann, née d'Hervilly-Gohier
name: label: depicted
content: Hahnemann, Melanie
notes: label: Description
content: Print of Melanie Hahnemann, chest and head view, full face. Hahnemann is wearing an empire-style dress with voluminous sleeves.
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content: Melanie Hahnemann (1800-1878), nee Mélanie d'Hervilly Gohier, was a French aristocrat who was treated by, and then married, Samuel Hahnemann, the founder of homeopathy. After the two returned to Paris in 1835, Melanie became an accomplished homeopath. The “A Magdebourg chez Mazzucchi” inscription at the bottom of this portrait print refers to the printer, Caesar Mazzucchi in Magdeburg.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany: Saxony-Anhalt, Magdeburg
topic: label: Subject
content: Portraits
label: Subject
content: Pharmacy
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: European Apothecary
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content: Art
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Urdang, George and Ferdinand William Nitardy. The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy: A Catalogue of the Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1991.0664.0026
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content: 1991.0664
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content: SAP 939
objectType: label: Object Name
content: print
label: Other Terms
content: print; ART OBJECTS
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content: white (overall color)
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label: Measurements
content: overall: 26.5 cm x 18.2 cm; 10 7/16 in x 7 5/32 in
label: Measurements
content: image: 16.7 cm x 14.2 cm; 6 9/16 in x 5 19/32 in