Description: From a set "Galerie beruhmter Personen alterer und neuerer Zeit" (Gallery of famous people of old and newer times.) with in totoal 36 portraits, published in 1817. State: Only state. Ref: Winkler 710. Printed from two stones.
Artists and Engravers: Made by 'Joseph Anton Selb' after 'R. Fourmere'. Joseph Anton Selb (German; 1784-1832) worked as one of the early lithographers in Munich. Nothing concerning this artist could be found
Subject: Antique Master Print, titled: 'P. L. Moreau de Maupertuis.' - Portrait of the scientist and traveller P. L. Moreau de Maupertuis. Pierre Louis Moreau de Maupertuis (1698-1759) was a French mathematician, philosopher and man of letters. He became the Director of the Académie des Sciences, and the first President of the Prussian Academy of Science, at the invitation of Frederick the Great. Maupertuis made an expedition to Lapland to determine the shape of the Earth. (source wikipedia)
Condition: Very good, given age. Large margins. Light soiling. Some damp staining at bottom, not effecting image. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
Size (in cm): The overall size is ca. 29 x 41.2 cm. The image size is ca. 29 x 41.2 cm.
Size (in inch): The overall size is ca. 11.4 x 16.2 inch. The image size is ca. 11.4 x 16.2 inch.
Medium: Crayon and tone style lithograph on wove paper.
Location: TPCLA-A1-07
SKU: 54273
Section: LATPC-MASTERPRINTS
