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Alois Senefelder, Inventor of Lithography

Franz Seraph Hanfstaengl and Franz Seraph Hanfstaengl

Alois Senefelder, Inventor of Lithography

1833

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Alois Senefelder, Inventor of Lithography

1833

Physical Qualities Lithograph, Sheet: 415 x 294 mm. (16 5/16 x 11 9/16 in.) Image: 292 x 224 mm. (11 1/2 x 8 13/16 in.)
Credit Line Garrett Collection
Object Number 1946.112.15240
Lithograph on chine collé, with engraved borderline and text beneath image

Inscribed: Recto: in image, lower left, in stone "Hanfstaengl Ft. / 1834."; in image, lower right, in stone "Gedruckt beÿ Hanfstaengl in München"; below image, lower center, in plate "Alois Senfelder / Erfinder der Lithographie, / beg. den 6 November 1771, gest den 26 Februar 1834 / Nach der Natur auf Stein gezeichnet. v. den Ertrag zum Besten der Enkel des Erfinders bestimmt von Fr. Hanfstaengl." Verso: lower left in graphite "35157"; lower left in graphite diamond with "10663"; lower right in graphite "z"

Markings: CM: Claghorn

Artist

Franz Seraph Hanfstaengl

1803–1876

German, 1804 - 1877
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Printer/Publisher

Franz Seraph Hanfstaengl

1803–1876

German, 1804 - 1877
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