Ludwig Emil Grimm and Ludwig Emil Grimm
Karl Gustav Himly
1825
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Etching, Sheet: 241 x 187 mm. (9 1/2 x 7 3/8 in.)
Plate: 239 x 177 mm. (9 7/16 x 6 15/16 in.)
Image: 213 x 172 mm. (8 3/8 x 6 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1946.112.11972
A portrait of Karl Gustav Himly (1772-1837), Professor of Opthalmology and Eye Surgery at Göttingen. After a drawing of 1824 by Ludwig Emil Grimm.
Inscribed: Recto: below image, lower right, in plate "L. E. Grimm fec. ad vivum Cassel 1826."; below image, lower center, in plate "K. Himly." Verso: upper left in red chalk "700."; lower left in graphite "No 4"; lower left in graphite indecipherable; lower center in graphite "428"; lower right in graphite "$125"
Markings: CM: Claghorn
