Melanie Hahnemann, née d'Hervilly-Gohier

Description:

Print of Melanie Hahnemann, chest and head view, full face. Hahnemann is wearing an empire-style dress with voluminous sleeves.

Melanie Hahnemann (1800-1878), nee Mélanie d'Hervilly Gohier, was a French aristocrat who was treated by, and then married, Samuel Hahnemann, the founder of homeopathy. After the two returned to Paris in 1835, Melanie became an accomplished homeopath. The “A Magdebourg chez Mazzucchi” inscription at the bottom of this portrait print refers to the printer, Caesar Mazzucchi in Magdeburg.

Depicted: Hahnemann, Melanie

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: Germany: Saxony-Anhalt, Magdeburg

Subject: PortraitsPharmacy

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See more items in: Medicine and Science: Medicine, European Apothecary, Religion, Art

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Related Publication: Urdang, George and Ferdinand William Nitardy. The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy: A Catalogue of the Collection

Credit Line: Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1991.0664.0026Accession Number: 1991.0664Collector/Donor Number: SAP 939

Object Name: printOther Terms: print; ART OBJECTS

Physical Description: paper (overall material)ink (overall material)white (overall color)black (overall color)lithography (overall production method/technique)Measurements: overall: 26.5 cm x 18.2 cm; 10 7/16 in x 7 5/32 inimage: 16.7 cm x 14.2 cm; 6 9/16 in x 5 19/32 in

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-813b-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_993992

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