Johann Georg Wille
The Message
1762
Physical Qualities
Etching, Sheet: 157 x 126 mm. (6 3/16 x 4 15/16 in.)
Plate: 120 x 99 mm. (4 3/4 x 3 7/8 in.)
Image: 108 x 86 mm. (4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1984.81.860
T. Harrison Garrett, Baltimore, purchased 1885 (Lugt supp. 2435b); James L. Claghorn, Philadelphia (lugt supp. 555c).
Signed: 1
Inscribed: Recto: above image, upper center, in plate in reverse "J G Wille 1726"; below image, lower left, in plate "Dessiné et Gravé à la pointe Seche par J.G. Wille, 1762"; above image, upper right, in graphite "14"; below image, lower left, in graphite "LB 28" Verso: center right in graphite "No 1."; lower left in graphite "ph"
Markings: CM: Claghorn; Garrett
