Engraving
- Title:
- Graf von Rumford
- Object Name:
- Engraving
- Object ID:
- 2020.004.15
- Creator:
- Rauschmayer, Joseph Peter Paul (1758-1815)
Engraver ; von Dillis, Johann Georg (1759-1841)Artist - Date:
- 1797
- Description:
- Engraving of Benjamin Thompson (1753-1814), Count Rumford, by Joseph Peter Paul Rauschmayer (1758-1815), from an original painting by Johann Georg von Dillis (1759-1841), 1797. Bust-length portrait of Benjamin Thompson printed in oval. Title: "Graf von Rumford" printed in script. "Nach einer original zeichnung des Hrn. G. Dillis gestochen v. Jos. Rauschmayr 1797." around bottom edge of portrait. Corners trimmed. Removed from oval gilded wood frame, c. 1860.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-8.85 W-6.5 inches
- Provenance:
- The engravings of Benjamin Thompson and Sarah Thompson (2020.004.15-16) probably belonged to Mary Long Gilman (1860-1917), daughter of Joseph T. and Mary E. (Gray) Gilman of Exeter, NH.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Klaudia S. Shepard
- People:
- Thompson, Benjamin (1753-1814)
- Subjects:
- Thompson, Benjamin, Rumford, Count
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