Carl Ludwig Fernow
Carl Ludwig Fernow
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- Description
- Carl Ludwig Fernow (1763-1808) was a German art critic and archaeologist who originally intended to become a pharmacist. The “Esslinger s” inscription on this profile portrait print refers to the Swiss artist, Johann Martin Esslinger (1793-1841).
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Other Terms
- print; ART OBJECTS
- depicted
- Fernow, Carl Ludwig
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- ink (overall material)
- white (overall color)
- black (overall color)
- engraving (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- image: 9.3 cm; 3 11/16 in
- overall: 20.4 cm x 12.6 cm; 8 1/16 in x 4 15/16 in
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0029
- collector/donor number
- SAP 917
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- subject
- Portraits
- Pharmacy
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- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Health & Medicine
- European Apothecary
- Art
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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