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accession number:	2018.305
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Portrait of Carl Philipp Fohr, 1818. Samuel Amsler (German, born Switzerland, 1791–1849), after Carl Barth (German, 1787–1853). Engraving and etching on wove paper; sheet: 14.5 x 11.4 cm (5 11/16 x 4 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Margaret and Peter Dobbins 2018.305

title:				Portrait of Carl Philipp Fohr
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creation date:			1818
creation date earliest:		1818
creation date latest:		1818
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creditline:			Gift of Margaret and Peter Dobbins
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culture:	Germany, 19th century
technique:	engraving and etching on wove paper
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Engraving
type:		Print
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CREATORS

* Samuel Amsler (German, born Switzerland, 1791–1849)  - artist

* Carl Barth (German, 1787–1853) 

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measurements: Sheet: 14.5 x 11.4 cm (5 11/16 x 4 1/2 in.)
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	inscription:	In plate: “C. FOHR PICTOR HEIDELBERG.S/OB. 1818/AET. 22” upper 
right; three monograms of artists lower left.
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	inscription:	Inscription, graphite, verso: “G861 / S. Amsler Sc”
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	John S. Phillips, Philadelphia, PA
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	Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
	date: 1876-1985
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	Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
	date: 1985-2017
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	C.G. Boerner, New York, NY
	date: 2017-2018
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	the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: December 3, 2018
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Meyer, Julius, ed. <em>Nagler, G. K. Allgemeines Künstler-Lexikon: Unter Mitwirkung der namhaftesten Fachgelehrten des In- un Auslandes.</em> Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, vol. 1 (1872)
	page number: 	no. 23
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	Apell, Aloys. Handbuch für Kupferstichsammler ; oder. Lexicon der vorzüglichsten Kupferstecher des XIX. Jahrhunderts welche in Linienmanier gearbeitet habèn, sowie Beschreibung ihrer besten und gesuchtesten Blätter. [Walluf bei Wiesbaden]: M. Sändig, 1972.
	page number: 	no. 29
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	Seeliger, Stephan, and Norbert Suhr.<em> Unter Glas un Rahmen: Druckgraphik der Romantik aus den Beständen des Landesmuseums Mainz und aus Privatbesitz. </em>Exh. Cat., Landesmuseum Mainz, 1993
	page number: 	no. 1
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	Griffiths, Antony, and Frances Carey. German Printmaking in the Age of Goethe. London: Published for the Trustees of the British Museum by British Museum Press, 1994.
	page number: 	no. 120
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	Bartrum, Giulia, Günter Grass, Joseph Leo Koerner, and Ute Kuhlemann. Albrecht Dürer and His Legacy: The Graphic Work of a Renaissance Artist. London: British Museum, 2002.
	page number: 	p. 46, no. 261
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	Schroedter, Beate. ---<em>den lebensgross gezeichnet und vermessen stehst Du im Künstlerbuch: Porträts deutscher Künstler in Rom zur Zeit der Romantik. </em>Exh. Cat. Winckelmann-Museum, Stendal, 2008
	page number: 	no. VIII.44
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	Bartrum, Giulia. German Romantic Prints and Drawings: From an English Private Collection. London: Contemporary Editions, 2011.
	page number: 	p. 46, fig. 12
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	Philadelphia Museum of Art, John W. Ittmann, Cordula Grewe, Warren Breckman, Mitchell Benjamin Frank, Catriona MacLeod, and F. Carlo Schmid. The Enchanted World of German Romantic Prints, 1770-1850. 2017.
	page number: 	no. 5, p. 194, fig. 162
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