Physical Qualities
Engraving, Sheet: 340 x 213 mm. (13 3/8 x 8 3/8 in.)
Plate: 337 x 209 mm. (13 1/4 x 8 1/4 in.)
Image: 229 x 167 mm. (9 x 6 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1984.81.925
After a painting by Johann Georg Ziesenis.
T. Harrison Garrett, Baltimore, purchased 1885 (Lugt supp. 2435b); James L. Claghorn, Philadelphia (lugt supp. 555c).
Signed: 1
Inscribed: Recto: above image, center, in plate "Electa / Pro Domo et Patria [...]"; in image, in oval frame, in plate "ELISABETHA AUGUSTA, COMES PALATINA RHENI, ELECTRIX &c."; below image, lower center, in plate "Elisabeth patriae Patris Electissima Conjunx, / Et Mater [...]"; below image, lower left, in plate "J.G. Ziesenis pinx"; below image, lower right, in plate "J.G. Will Sculp."; below image, lower right, in graphite "2d State"; below image, lower right, in graphite diamond with "1699 / 2"
Markings: CM: Claghorn; Garrett
Artist
Johann Georg Ziesenis
1715–1775
German (born Denmark), 1716 - 1776
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