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Identification and Creation

Object Number
R8579
People
Christian von Mechel, Swiss (Basel, Switzerland 1737 - 1817 Berlin, Germany)
After Johann August Nahl the elder, German (1710-1781)
Title
The Tomb of Madame Langhans
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1786
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Germany
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/242420

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Engraving on cream laid paper
Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
image: 35.7 × 25.7 cm (14 1/16 × 10 1/8 in.)
plate: 39.8 × 27.2 cm (15 11/16 × 10 11/16 in.)
sheet: 47.4 × 34.7 cm (18 11/16 × 13 11/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
John Witt Randall, bequest to his sister.
Belinda Lull Randall, gift to Harvard University, 1892. sister of John Witt Randall

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Wüthrich, no. 38, p. 15

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Object Number
R8579
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 2220 18th-19th Century, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 05/02/2019 - 09/19/2019

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