Caption

Portrait of Ferdinand Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Portraits of German monarchs, print, book illustration, printmaker: Hugo Bürkner, after design by Eduard Ihlée, publisher: Georg Wigand, Leipzig, 1854, Saxony, paper, wood engraving, height 110 mm x width 92 mm, Page from: Bechstein, 1854. Print with different text used in: Gaedertz, 1890. In the 1890 edition, the title page states that the prints were made by Hugo Bürkner., Person, Ferdinand Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, historical persons, A sepia-toned printed page showing a framed engraved portrait of a person with curled hair and a high-collared garment, the face rendered with fine crosshatching and shading, the portrait placed above a block of dense printed text in a decorative blackletter-style heading and smaller serif paragraphs, with the paper showing an aged texture and faint background marks.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B18_237

License type

Rights managed

Available size

36.3Mb (7.8Mb) / 9.9in x 14.3in / 2969 x 4278 (300dpi)

Keywords

Portrait Ferdinand Duke Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel Portraits German monarchs print book illustration printmaker Hugo Bürkner design Eduard Ihlée publisher Georg Wigand Leipzig 1854 Saxony paper wood engraving height 110 mm x width 92 mm Page Bechstein Print different text Gaedertz 1890 1890 edition title page states prints Person historical persons sepia-toned printed page showing framed engraved portrait person curled hair high-collared garment face rendered fine crosshatching shading portrait placed block dense text decorative blackletter-style heading smaller serif paragraphs paper showing aged texture faint background marks