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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2012.228
People
Johann Jakob Haid, German (1704 - 1767)
Title
America
Other Titles
Original Language Title: L'Amerique
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
18th century
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/342849

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Mezzotint on antique laid paper
Technique
Mezzotint
Dimensions
sheet: 43.6 x 31.2 cm (17 3/16 x 12 5/16 in.)
plate: 40.7 x 28 cm (16 x 11 in.)
image: 37.7 x 28 cm (14 13/16 x 11 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: on the plate, lower center: L'Amerique / Se vend à Augsbourg chez J.J. Haid.
  • inscription: verso, lower left, in graphite: S. 296 xarr / LE—

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Roger Genser, The Prints & the Pauper, Santa Monica, 2012], to; Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, 2012.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Acquisition Fund for Prints
Accession Year
2012
Object Number
2012.228
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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