Johann Georg Wille
Soldier of the Swiss Guards
1779
Physical Qualities
Engraving, Sheet: 348 x 259 mm. (13 11/16 x 10 3/16 in.)
Plate: 256 x 193 mm. (10 1/16 x 7 5/8 in.)
Image: 227 x 185 mm. (8 15/16 x 7 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1984.81.804
T. Harrison Garrett, Baltimore, purchased 1885 (Lugt supp. 2435b); James L. Claghorn, Philadelphia (lugt supp. 555c).
Signed: 1
Inscribed: Recto: above image, upper left, in plate "23. Pl."; above image, upper right, in plate "1779"; above image, center, in graphite "6"; below image, lower left, in plate "Dessiné et Gravé par Wille"; below image, lower right, in plate "Graveur du Roi"; below image, lower center, in plate four lines of text beginning "Sapeur des Gardes Suisses / A Monsieur le Baron [...]"; below image, lower right within platemark, in graphite "4th state"; below image, lower right below platemark, in graphite "4th state"; below image, lower right, in graphite diamond with "1639"
Markings: CM: Claghorn; Garrett
