Johann Georg Wille
Soldier of the Swiss Guards
1779
Physical Qualities
Engraving, Sheet: 272 x 204 mm. (10 11/16 x 8 1/16 in.)
Plate: 259 x 190 mm. (10 3/16 x 7 1/2 in.)
Image: 228 x 186 mm. (9 x 7 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1984.81.806
T. Harrison Garrett, Baltimore, purchased 1885 (Lugt supp. 2435b); James L. Claghorn, Philadelphia (lugt supp. 555c).
Signed: 1
Inscribed: Recto: below image, lower right, in graphite "1st state"; below image, lower left, in graphite "86"; below image, lower right, in graphite " 18"; below image, lower right, in graphite "12"; below image, lower right, in graphite diamond with "1637" Verso: upper left on small printed paper label adhered to sheet "188"; lower center in graphite "1st state before the Hair is [indecipherable] / & before the [indecipherable] not mentioned by L.B."
Markings: CM: Claghorn; Garrett
