Johann Heinrich Hampe. Mezzotint by T. Burke after A. Kauffmann and letterpress.

  • Kauffmann, Angelica, 1741-1807.
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Johann Heinrich Hampe. Mezzotint by T. Burke after A. Kauffmann and letterpress. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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1 print : mezzotint and letterpress

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Γαστρος κρατειν. Angelica Kaufman pinxit. T. Burke fecit. ... Extensive letterpress text below the portrait about the longevity and healthy lifestyle of the sitter

References note

John Chaloner Smith, British mezzotinto portraits, part I, London 1878, p. 134, Thomas Burke no 4 ("4. John Henry Hampe. Kauffman. H. L., in oval frame, directed and facing towards right, wig, at bottom serpent and rod, and branch, on scroll, Γαστρος κρατερ [sic], scratched, Angelica Kaufman pinx T Burke fecit. H. 4⅜ ; W. 5⅛ ; O. D. H. 4 ; W. 3⅜. Bromley, page 387, mentions that there is a long inscription, but this must be printed separately from the plate ; it is not attached to the impression in Brit. Mus. Metallurgist, &c. Died 1777.")
R. Burgess, Portraits of doctors & scientists in the Wellcome Institute, London 1973, no. 1292.1

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