Inscribed: Recto: below image, lower center, in plate "FREDERICUS HOFFMANNUS / Regiae Majestatis Prussicae Consiliarius in- / timus, Archiater et Professor Medicinae prima- / rius, Comes Palatinus Caesareus Academiae / Fridericianae Senior, Imperatoriae Carolinae Pe / tropolitanae Britannicae at Prussicae Academiae / Scientiarum Soldalis. Natus 1660."; in image, lower left, in plate "Ant. Pense Piet. Reg. Porussiae ad vivum pinxit."; in image, lower right, in plate "I. Iac. Haid Sculp. et exc. Aug. Vind."; below image, lower center, in graphite "Fredr. Hoffmann / born 1660 at Halle Germany / died 1742 there / aside with Boehraave the most / celebrated physician of his time / inventor of the 'Hoffmann's Tropfen" / Hoffmann's drops) a medicina / still in great use" Verso: lower right in graphite diamond with "10662 / 19"

Markings: CM: Claghorn